放大

fàngdà

verb HSK 5 #5,326

Meanings

To release into bigness - to make something larger.

HSK 2

不要放大问题。

Búyào fàngdà wèntí.

Don't blow the problem out of proportion.

HSK 3

你能把照片放大一点吗？

Nǐ néng bǎ zhàopiàn fàngdà yīdiǎn ma?

Can you enlarge the photo a bit?

HSK 4

这张照片放大以后，细节变得更加清楚。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn fàngdà yǐhòu, xìjié biànde gèngjiā qīngchu.

After this photo is enlarged, the details become clearer.

usage

Opposite: 缩小 = to reduce/shrink. 放大镜 = magnifying glass. On phones/computers: pinch to 放大 (zoom in), pinch to 缩小 (zoom out).

放 fàng

大 dà