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膨胀

péng zhàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 膨脹

膨胀 (péng zhàng) means "to expand; to inflate; to swell". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 膨胀 means

1. to expand
2. to inflate
3. to swell

The characters in 膨胀

• 膨péngswollen
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated

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 containing 膨胀

• 通货膨胀tōng huò péng zhànginflation
• 恶性通货膨胀è xìng tōng huò péng zhànghyperinflation

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