涨

Meaningzhǎng(verb)

to rise (of prices, rivers)

Common: 涨价 (price rise), 涨工资 (pay rise). Opposite: 降, 跌.

Examples

• 最近菜价又涨了。

  zuì jìn cài jià yòu zhǎng le.

  Vegetable prices have gone up again recently.

• 下雨以后，河水涨了很多。

  xià yǔ yǐ hòu, hé shuǐ zhǎng le hěn duō.

  After the rain, the river rose a lot.

• 公司明年给大家涨工资。

  gōng sī míng nián gěi dà jiā zhǎng gōng zī.

  The company will give everyone a raise next year.

Easily confused

• 张 — Similar sound and shape: 张 is a measure word (sheet); 涨 (water radical) means to rise.

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Meaningzhàng(verb)

to swell; to distend

Examples

• 他着急得涨红了脸。

  tā zháo jí dé zhǎng hóng le liǎn.

  He was so anxious his face turned red.

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