通 tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
通货膨胀
tōnghuòpéngzhàng
inflation
Characters in this word
膨 péng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 彭 name of an ancient country
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胀 zhàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 长 long, lasting
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 若工资增长长期追不上通货膨胀，中低收入家庭的购买力会持续下降。 Ruò gōngzī zēngzhǎng chángqī zhuī bu shàng tōnghuò péngzhàng, zhōngdī shōurù jiātíng de gòumǎilì huì chíxù xiàjiàng. If wage growth cannot keep up with inflation over the long term, the purchasing power of lower- and middle-income families will keep falling.
- 通货膨胀率一高，超市里的东西就越来越贵。 Tōnghuò péngzhàng lǜ yī gāo, chāoshì lǐ de dōngxi jiù yuèláiyuè guì. Once inflation is high, things in the supermarket get more and more expensive.
- 这家面包店因为通货膨胀提高了面包的价格。 Zhè jiā miànbāo diàn yīnwèi tōnghuò péngzhàng tígāo le miànbāo de jiàgé. This bakery raised the price of its bread because of inflation.
Related words
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 通 tōng to be open; to connect
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 通用 tōngyòng general use; universal