HSK 6 · Money

通货膨胀 tōnghuòpéngzhàng “inflation” in Chinese

Traditional 通貨膨脹

What 通货膨胀 means

  1. inflation

How to say 通货膨胀

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale货huò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale膨péng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale胀zhàng4th tone, falling

通货膨胀 in a sentence

  1. 利率和通货膨胀很高。

    Lìlǜ hé tōnghuòpéngzhàng hěn gāo.

    Interest rates and inflation are high.

    Sentence #5663599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 随着通货膨胀的发展美元贬值了。

    Suízhe tōnghuòpéngzhàng de fāzhǎn měiyuán biǎnzhí le.

    As inflation grew, the US dollar lost value.

    Sentence #1408044 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 通货膨胀 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 通 (tōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
通tōngto go through
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tōng.

The character 货 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
货huògoods
  • 化to change · huàSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 化 (huà) hints at the sound. Compare it with huò.

The character 膨 (péng) with each of its parts in a different colour
膨péngswollen
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 彭name of an ancient country · PéngSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 彭 (Péng) hints at the sound. Compare it with péng.

The character 胀 (zhàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 长long · chángSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 长 (cháng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàng.

How to write 通货膨胀

通 10 strokes · 货 8 strokes · 膨 16 strokes · 胀 8 strokes

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通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 通货膨胀

Words with 通

通tōng · to go through通知tōngzhī · to notify通过tōngguò · to pass through交通jiāotōng · traffic普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin沟通gōutōng · to communicate通常tōngcháng · regular畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use

Words with 货

售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson货币huòbì · currency

More words: Money & Economy

数额shù'é · amount衰退shuāituì · to decline摊tān · stall停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate投机tóujī · to speculate推销tuīxiāo · to promote无偿wúcháng · free of charge物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

FAQs

通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng) means “inflation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tōnghuòpéngzhàng: tōng with a 1st tone, then huò with a 4th tone, then péng with a 2nd tone, then zhàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 通货膨胀 is written 通貨膨脹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tonghuopengzhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 通货膨胀 from the suggestions. Typing tonghuopengzhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
通货膨胀 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.