放大

fàngdà

verb HSK 5 #5,326

Meanings

To release into bigness — to make something larger.

你能把照片放大一点吗？

Nǐ néng bǎ zhàopiàn fàngdà yīdiǎn ma?

Can you enlarge the photo a bit?

用放大镜看更清楚。

Yòng fàngdàjìng kàn gèng qīngchǔ.

It's clearer with a magnifying glass.

不要放大问题。

Búyào fàngdà wèntí.

Don't blow the problem out of proportion.

usage

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

放 fàng

大 dà