lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap, etc.; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱[cedict]
涨价
zhǎng jiàㄓㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
to appreciate (in value); to increase in price[cedict]