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擴

kuò

expand, enlarge, stretch

Strokes
17
Radical
手
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 扩

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 扩, the simplified form of 擴. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 西面大楼的扩建在研究中。

    Xī miàn dà lóu de kuò jiàn zài yán jiū zhōng

    The expansion of the building's west end is being studied.

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  • 他试图扩大自己的势力范围。

    Tā shì tú kuò dà zì jǐ de shì li fàn wéi

    He tried to enlarge his sphere of influence.

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  • 最近，来自亚洲各国的进口额不断扩大。

    Zuì jìn lái zì Yà zhōu gè guó de jìn kǒu é bù duàn kuò dà

    The imports from Asian countries have expanded recently.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 扩

  • 扩大kuò dà 4–4 to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
  • 扩展kuò zhǎn 4–3 to extend; to expand; extension; expansion
  • 扩散kuò sàn 4–4 to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
  • 扩张kuò zhāng 4–1 expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
  • 扩充kuò chōng 4–1 to expand
  • 扩kuò 4to enlarge
  • 扩建kuò jiàn 4–4 to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)