Expand in Chinese
to expand · HSK 3
发展
- 发 to send
- 展 to unfold
这座城市发展得很快。 This city is developing very quickly.
Other ways to say expand
More words with 发 or 展
How do you say expand in Chinese?
Expand in Chinese is 发展 (fā zhǎn). You can also say 扩大 (kuò dà), 扩展 (kuò zhǎn), 涨 (zhàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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