Chinese symbol for “inflation”
通货膨胀
tōng huò péng zhàng
Traditional: 通貨膨脹
inflation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inflation is 通货膨胀 (tōng huò péng zhàng), defined as: inflation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inflation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 通货膨胀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 货币 (貨幣) | huò bì | currency; monetary |
| 货物 (貨物) | huò wù | goods; commodity |
| 膨胀 (膨脹) | péng zhàng | to expand; to inflate |
| 通胀 (通脹) | tōng zhàng | inflation (abbr. for 通货膨胀 (tōng huò péng zhàng)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inflation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.