扩大

擴大

kuòdà

verb HSK 4 #6,204

Meanings

1 to expand
2 to enlarge
3 to extend

Characters

to expand; to enlarge

扩 means to spread out, 大 means big - together: to make bigger.

Examples

HSK 5

公司计划扩大业务。

Gōngsī jìhuà kuòdà yèwù.

The company plans to expand its business.

HSK 5

差距在不断扩大。

Chājù zài bùduàn kuòdà.

The gap keeps widening.

HSK 6

我们需要扩大影响力。

Wǒmen xūyào kuòdà yǐngxiǎnglì.

We need to expand our influence.

Tips

usage

扩大规模 means to scale up. 扩大范围 means to broaden the scope.

Stroke Order

扩 kuò

大 dà