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暴涨 (bào zhǎng) — to rise suddenly and sharply (of floods, prices, etc.)

Definition

Means prices, water levels, or markets rise suddenly and sharply. Often contrasted with 暴跌 (bào diē), its mirror pair meaning a sudden sharp fall.

verb
to rise suddenly and sharply (of floods, prices, etc.)

Examples

  • 暴涨。
    Zuì jìn yóu jià bào zhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.
    Recently oil prices have surged 20%.
  • ，暴涨，。
    Bào yǔ guò hòu, hé shuǐ bào zhǎng, yān mò le nóng tián.
    After the heavy rain, the river rose sharply and flooded the farmland.
  • 暴涨。
    Gǔ shì bào zhǎng ràng tóu zī zhě cuò shǒu bù jí.
    The stock market's sudden surge caught investors off guard.

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.

暴bàosudden/violent
涨zhǎngrise

暴 adds sudden violence to 涨, giving a sharp rise.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

Open 暴 →

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 →
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