zhǎng

to rise (of prices, rivers)

water (氵) + 张 = to rise, as water swells

The water radical drives the meaning: water levels and prices both swell and rise. 张 contributes the sound zhǎng and doesn't carry the semantic weight here.

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最近菜价了很多。

zuì jìn cài jià zhǎng le hěn duō。

Vegetable prices have risen a lot recently.

下雨后,河里的水位得很快。

xià yǔ hòu, hé lǐ de shuǐ wèi zhǎng de hěn kuài。

After the rain, the water level in the river rose very quickly.

Words with 涨

头昏脑涨

tóu hūn nǎo zhàng

variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tou2 hun1 nao3 zhang4]

头晕脑涨

tóu yūn nǎo zhàng

variant of 頭暈腦脹|头晕脑胀[tou2 yun1 nao3 zhang4]

飙涨

biāo zhǎng

(of prices) to skyrocket; to soar

飞涨

fēi zhǎng

soaring inflation

高涨

gāo zhǎng

to surge up

上涨

shàng zhǎng

to rise

冻涨

dòng zhǎng

to freeze (prices, fees etc) (Tw)

暴涨

bào zhǎng

to increase sharply

水涨船高

shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo

the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend

涨停

zhǎng tíng

(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock)

涨停板

zhǎng tíng bǎn

daily upper limit on the price of a stock

涨价

zhǎng jià

to appreciate (in value)

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