扩
建

To extend (a building, an airport runway etc) in Chinese: 扩建 (kuò jiàn)

kuò jiàn

to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 擴建1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

Stroke order

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扩
建

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄛˋ

kuò

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄢˋ

jiàn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

扩建

Simplified

擴建

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 学校正在扩建新的教学楼。

    xué jiào zhèng zài kuò jiàn xīn de jiào xué lóu。

    The school is building an extension for new classrooms.

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Related words

建

jiàn

to establish

扩

kuò

to enlarge

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

建立

jiàn lì

to establish

建设

jiàn shè

to build

建议

jiàn yì

to propose

建筑

jiàn zhù

to construct

建成

jiàn chéng

to establish

扩展

kuò zhǎn

to extend

建造

jiàn zào

to construct

修建

xiū jiàn

to build

创建

chuàng jiàn

to found

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