zhàng

HSK 5
common
verb

Meaning of

涨 means to swell (solid absorbing liquid); to be congested (head/face). Pronounced zhàng. HSK 5.

  • to swell (solid absorbing liquid)
  • to be congested (head/face)
  • to exceed; to overspend

Character Info

Radical
Strokes11
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Gān
dòu
zi
pào
zài
shuǐ
huì
zhàng
hěn
duō
 

Dried beans will swell a lot when soaked in water.

Pào
de
ěr
gān
ěr
zhàng
le
hǎo
bèi
 

Rehydrated fungus swells to several times its dry size.

Miàn
tiáo
zhǔ
jiǔ
le
huì
zhàng
de
hěn
ruǎn
 

Noodles will get soft and swollen if cooked too long.

Nuò
pào
le
 
jīng
zhàng
kāi
le
 

The glutinous rice has been soaked for a night and has swollen up.

Zhè
zhǒng
hǎi
mián
shuǐ
hòu
huì
zhàng
de
hěn
 

This kind of sponge will swell greatly after absorbing water.