扩
散

To spread in Chinese: 扩散 (kuò sàn)

kuò sàn

to spread

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

Definitions

  1. 1to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

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扩
散

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄛˋ

kuò

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄙㄢˋ

sàn

ㄙ/ sㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

扩散

Simplified

擴散

Traditional

Example sentences

See 扩散 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 大火很快向四周扩散。

    dà huǒ hěn kuài xiàng sì zhōu kuò sàn。

    The fire quickly spread in all directions.

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Related words

散

sàn

to scatter

扩

kuò

to enlarge

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

散步

sàn bù

to take a walk

分散

fēn sàn

to scatter

扩展

kuò zhǎn

to extend

散文

sǎn wén

prose

解散

jiě sàn

to dissolve

扩建

kuò jiàn

to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

扩张

kuò zhāng

expansion

散布

sàn bù

to disseminate

散发

sàn fā

to distribute

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