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

公司计划扩大业务。

Gōngsī jìhuà kuòdà yèwù.

The company plans to expand its business.

差距在不断扩大。

Chājù zài bùduàn kuòdà.

The gap keeps widening.

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 (kuòdà guīmó) means to scale up. 扩大范围 (kuòdà fànwéi) means to broaden the scope.

Stroke Order

扩 kuò

大 dà