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膨

péng

HSK 6 Character

What 膨 means

1. swollen

Example sentences

• 利率和通货膨胀很高。
  Lìlǜ hé tōnghuòpéngzhàng hěn gāo.
  Interest rates and inflation were high.
• 随着通货膨胀的发展美元贬值了。
  Suízhe tōnghuòpéngzhàng de fāzhǎn Měiyuán biǎnzhí le.
  The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.
• 首先，因为海水变热时膨胀，海平面可能提高。
  Shǒuxiān, yīnwèi hǎishuǐ biàn rè shí péngzhàng, hǎipíngmiàn kěnéng tígāo.
  First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.
• 他在墙上钻了个洞，把膨胀螺栓塞进去，拧上一颗螺丝，然后在螺丝上挂了一幅阿尔卑斯山的画。
  He drilled a hole in the wall, pushed a Rawlplug into it, screwed in a screw, and hung on the screw a picture of the Alps.

Words starting with 膨

• 膨胀péng zhàngto expand; to inflate; to swell
• 膨化péng huàto pop (corn into popcorn); to puff (grains, legumes etc)
• 膨压péng yāturgor pressure (botany)
• 膨大péng dàto swell; to inflate
• 膨润土péng rùn tǔbentonite (mineralogy)
• 膨松剂péng sōng jìleavening agent

Words containing 膨

• 通货膨胀tōng huò péng zhànginflation
• 通膨tōng péng(Taiwan) inflation (abbr. for 通货膨胀
• 恶性通货膨胀è xìng tōng huò péng zhànghyperinflation

Characters built on 月

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

• 朋péngfriend
• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 塍chéngraised path between fields

Characters that look like 膨

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

• 膝xīknee
• 膳shànmeals
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 瘸quélame
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat

Sounds the same

Read péng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朋friend
• 蓬fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 篷sail
• 鹏Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 棚shed; canopy; shack
• 硼boron (chemistry)
• 澎used in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 芃luxuriant growth
• 堋target in archery
• 弸strong bow; bowstring; to fill; full
• 淜roar of dashing waves
• 痭menorrhagia