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上浮 (shàng fú) — (of submarines, objects) to surface, to float upward; (of prices, salaries, rates, etc.) to increase, to go up

Definition

Literally 'float upward': used for submarines/objects surfacing, and for prices, salaries, or rates rising — a more formal alternative to 上涨. Often pairs with a percentage to show how much something has gone up.

verb
(of submarines, objects) to surfaceto float upward(of prices, salaries, rates, etc.) to increaseto go up

Examples

  • 上浮。
    Qián tǐng màn màn shàng fú dào hǎi miàn.
    The submarine slowly surfaced to the sea surface.
  • 上浮。
    Jīn nián wù jià shàng fú le bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.
    This year prices have increased by five percent.
  • 上浮。
    Gōng sī jué dìng ràng yuán gōng gōng zī shàng fú.
    The company decided to raise employee salaries.

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.

上shàngup
浮fúfloat

上 gives up and 浮 gives float, so the sense is to float upward or rise.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐriver
Sound part声符shēngfú
孚
孚fú浮fú
Same sound today

浮 pairs 水 (river) with 孚, which gives the sound; the river part points to its meaning of floating.

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