涨幅 (zhǎng fú) — amount or extent of increase (in prices, stocks… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

涨幅 (zhǎngfú) is the extent of a price or value RISE — used in finance and economics reports. Its pair 跌幅 is the opposite, the extent of a fall.

noun

amount or extent of increase (in prices, stocks, etc.)

Measure word · 个

Examples

涨幅。
Shàng ge yuè fáng jià de zhǎng fú chāo guò le bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.
Last month's housing price increase exceeded five percent.
涨幅。
Tóu zī zhě hěn guān zhù zhè ge jì dù de zhǎng fú.
Investors are closely watching the increase for this quarter.
涨幅，。
Gǔ shì jīn tiān de zhǎng fú bú dà, zhǐ yǒu líng diǎn sān gè diǎn.
The stock market's increase today is small, only 0.3 percent.

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.

The rise names the direction, and the width measures how large that increase is.

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.

巾畐幅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīnclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

畐

畐fú幅⁰fú

Same sound today

幅 is built from 巾, a component related to cloth or clothing, and 畐, which gives its sound.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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