飞涨 (fēi zhǎng) — to soar, to skyrocket (of prices, costs, rates) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used only for prices, costs, or rates shooting up rapidly. Stronger than 涨 — emphasizes a sudden, steep climb rather than ordinary rise.

verb

to soarto skyrocket (of prices, costs, rates)

Examples

飞涨，。
Zuì jìn wù jià fēi zhǎng, shēng huó chéng běn yuè lái yuè gāo.
Prices have been skyrocketing recently, and the cost of living is getting higher and higher.
飞涨。
Zhè ge chéng shì de fáng jià fēi zhǎng dé hěn kuài.
Housing prices in this city are soaring quickly.
飞涨。
Tōng huò péng zhàng dǎo zhì liáng shi jià gé fēi zhǎng.
Inflation caused grain prices to skyrocket.

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.

飞 suggests flying and 涨 means rising, so the meaning is prices rising as if flying.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

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.

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