Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

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Chinese: 扩大、扩展。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “kuo” becomes a different word in each tone. 扩 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 扩大kuò dàto expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
  • 扩展kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand; extension; expansion
  • 扩散kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
  • 扩张kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
  • 扩充kuò chōngto expand

Example Sentence

这家公司打算扩大生产规模。Zhè jiā gōng sī dǎ suàn kuò dà shēng chǎn guī mó.This company plans to expand its production scale.

Zhèthis家公jiā gōnghead of a familyto take charge of打算dǎ suànto plan扩大kuò dàto expand生产shēng chǎnto produce规模guī móscale