涨价 (zhǎng jià) — to increase in price, to go up in value | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

To go up in price (a separable verb: 涨价 → 涨了一次价). Compared with 上涨, 涨价 is specifically about prices, not value or water levels.

verb

to increase in priceto go up in value

Examples

涨价。
Zuì jìn shuǐ guǒ zhǎng jià le.
Fruit prices have gone up recently.
涨价。
Tīng shuō zhè jiā diàn de bāo zi yào zhǎng jià.
I heard the buns at this shop are going to increase in price.
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Jī dàn zuì jìn zhǎng le yí cì jià.
Egg prices went up once recently.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

涨zhǎngrise/increase

涨 expresses going up and 价 specifies price, so the word means prices rise.

Characters in this word

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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