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Jyutping bou6 zoeng3
Pinyin bào zhǎng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to increase sharply
  2. to rise dramatically
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, of a water level, usually
    to rise suddenly
  2. verb, of a price, usually
    to rise steeply
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    因为暴雨,河水暴涨漫过河岸。
    因為暴雨,河水暴漲漫過河岸。
    yīn wèi bào yǔ , hé shuǐ bào zhǎng màn guò hé àn 。
    • Due to the rainstorm, the river water surged over the river banks.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    河水 暴涨 。
    河水 暴漲 。
    ho4 seoi2 bou6 zoeng3.
    • The level of river water rose suddenly and sharply.
  2. Cantonese
    暴涨
    暴漲
    bou6 zoeng3
    • to rise/inflate suddenly
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    石油价格的暴涨让普京重新燃起了成为超级大国的梦想,但这个梦想注定是一个不切实际的梦想。
    石油價格的暴漲讓普京重新燃起了成為超級大國的夢想,但這個夢想註定是一個不切實際的夢想。
    shí yóu jià gé de bào zhàng ràng pǔ jīng chóng xīn rán qǐ le chéng wéi chāo jí dà guó de mèng xiǎng , dàn zhè ge mèng xiǎng zhù dìng shì yī ge bù qiè shí jì de mèng xiǎng .
    • The sudden rise in the price of oil has allowed Putin to renew his dream of [Russia] becoming a superpower, however this dream is doomed to remain a fantasy.