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上涨 (shàng zhǎng) — to rise, to go up (in price, value, level, etc.)

Definition

上涨 means prices, values, or levels go up. Use it for numbers and figures; 升 covers a wider range (temperature, promotion, etc.) and 涨价 is specifically 'prices rise'.

verb
to riseto go up (in price, value, level, etc.)

Examples

  • 上涨。
    Zuì jìn fáng jià shàng zhǎng le bù shǎo.
    Housing prices have risen quite a bit recently.
  • 上涨。
    Gǔ shì jīn tiān shàng zhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī sān.
    The stock market rose by three percent today.
  • 上涨。
    Zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ wèi shàng zhǎng le yì mǐ.
    The water level of this river has risen by one meter.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

上shànggo up
涨zhǎngrise

Both 上 and 涨 point to going upward, so together they describe prices or levels rising.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漲; 涨 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
張
張zhāng漲zhàng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漲 pairs 水 (water) with 張 as a sound part; the simplified 涨 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 涨 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5Economy & Trade

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