高 涨

gāozhǎng

verbadjectiveHSK 7-9

“To surge up” in Chinese is 高涨 (gāozhǎng).

Meaning

to surge up
to rise
(of tensions etc) to run high

Example

物价高涨。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gāoHSK 110 strokeshigh zhǎngHSK 510 strokesto rise (of prices, rivers)

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