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飙升 (biāo shēng) — to soar, to skyrocket

Definition

飙升 is a vivid verb for 'to soar / skyrocket,' used for rapid upward movement of prices, temperatures, or figures. Stronger and more dramatic than 上升; share the rapid-increase sense with 激增 but emphasizes steep upward thrust.

verb
to soarto skyrocket

Examples

  • 飙升。
    Zuì jìn zhè lǐ de fáng jià biāo shēng le bù shǎo.
    Housing prices here have soared quite a bit recently.
  • 飙升。
    Zhōng wǔ qì wēn biāo shēng dào le sì shí dù.
    The temperature soared to forty degrees at noon.
  • 飙升，。
    Gǔ jià tū rán biāo shēng, tóu zī zhě dōu hěn xīng fèn.
    Stock prices suddenly soared, and investors were very excited.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

飙biāowhirlwind
升shēngrise

飙 means whirlwind and 升 means rise; together they form 飙升.

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 飆; 飙 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
風風fēngwind
Sound part声符shēngfú
猋
猋biāo飆
Same sound today

The traditional form 飆 pairs 風 (wind) with 猋 for its sound; the simplified 飙 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

Open 飙 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Open 升 →
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