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扩

kuò

HSK 5 Character Traditional 擴

What 扩 means

1. to enlarge

Example sentences

• 我们正在努力扩展合作。
  Wǒmen zhèngzài nǔlì kuòzhǎn hézuò.
  We are working hard to cooperate more.
• 他们扩阔了帝国的领土。
  Tāmen kuò kuò le dìguó de lǐngtǔ.
  They increased the territory of the empire.
• 癌细胞已经扩散到她的胃。
  áixìbāo yǐjīng kuòsàn dào tā de wèi.
  The cancer has spread to her stomach.
• 那个市场一直在急速扩展。
  Nàge shìchǎng yīzhí zài jísù kuòzhǎn.
  That market has been rapidly expanding.
• 西面大楼的扩建在研究中。
  Xīmiàn dàlóu de kuòjiàn zài yánjiū zhōng.
  The expansion of the building's west end is being studied.
• 他试图扩大自己的势力范围。
  Tā shìtú kuòdà zìjǐ de shìli fànwéi.
  He tried to enlarge his sphere of influence.

Words starting with 扩

• 扩大kuò dàto expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
• 扩张kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence)
• 扩散kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
• 扩充kuò chōngto expand
• 扩展kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand; extension
• 扩建kuò jiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
• 扩音器kuò yīn qìmegaphone; loudspeaker; amplifier
• 扩容kuò róngto ramp up capacity; to expand in scale
• 扩音机kuò yīn jīamplifier; loudspeaker; hearing aid
• 扩列kuò liè(net slang) to add a friend (on a social network etc)
• 扩印kuò yìnto enlarge (a photo); to print larger
• 扩及kuò jíto extend to
• 扩增kuò zēngto augment; to amplify; to extend
• 扩版kuò bǎnto increase the number of pages or the size of the pages of a publication
• 扩编kuò biānto expand (esp. by new recruitment); to increase the army; to augment
• 扩表kuò biǎoto expand the balance sheet
• 扩军kuò jūnarmament; to expand armed forces
• 扩音kuò yīnto amplify (sound)
• 扩大化kuò dà huàto extend the scope; to exaggerate
• 扩展名kuò zhǎn míng(file) extension (computing)
• 扩增实境kuò zēng shí jìngaugmented reality (computing)
• 扩展程序kuò zhǎn chéng xù(computing) extension (for a software application, esp. web browsers)
• 扩大再生产kuò dà zài shēng chǎnto expand production; to reproduce on an extended scale
• 扩散周知kuò sàn zhōu zhīto let everyone know; spread the word!

Words containing 扩

• 海底扩张hǎi dǐ kuò zhāngseafloor spreading (geology)
• 海底扩张说hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuōtheory of seafloor spreading (geology)
• 核扩散hé kuò sànnuclear proliferation
• 核不扩散hé bù kuò sànnuclear nonproliferation
• 气体扩散qì tǐ kuò sàngaseous diffusion
• 彩扩cǎi kuòto enlarge color photos; color film processing
• 可扩展标记语言kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yánextensible markup language (XML)
• 不扩散核武器条约Bù Kuò sàn Hé wǔ qì Tiáo yuēTreaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Characters built on 广

These share the phonetic component 广 (guǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 庹tuǒlength of 2 outstretched arms

Characters that look like 扩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 护hùto protect
• 旷kuàngto neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)
• 犷guǎngrough; uncouth; boorish

Sounds the same

Read kuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 括(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 阔rich; wide; broad
• 廓(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 蛞used in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓
• 漷clashing of two currents
• 鞹leather
• 髺hair rolled up in a bun
• 适see 李适
• 霩variant of 廓