# 水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎngchuángāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎngchuángāo) means “a rising tide lifts all boats”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: a rising tide lifts all boats
- Pinyin: shuǐzhǎngchuángāo (shui3 zhang3 chuan2 gao1)
- Traditional: 水漲船高
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 成本增加，价格也水涨船高。
  Chéngběn zēngjiā, jiàgé yě shuǐzhǎngchuángāo.
  As costs increased, prices naturally rose too.

## Characters

- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- [涨](https://hanziro.com/word/zhang-rise/) (zhǎng): to rise (prices, water level)
- [船](https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-boat/) (chuán): boat; ship
- [高](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-tall/) (gāo): tall; high

https://hanziro.com/word/shui-zhang-chuan-gao-rising-tide-lifts/

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