擴張

See also: 拡張 and 扩张

Chinese

		enlarge	(a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (擴張)		擴	張
simp. (扩张)		扩	张

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuòzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwok³ zoeng¹, kwong³ zoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khok-chông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khok-tiong / khok-tiang / khok-tiuⁿ / khok-tioⁿ / khòng-tiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³ ziang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuòzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuòjhang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-chang¹
    • Yale: kwò-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohjang
    • Palladius: кочжан (kočžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwok³ zoeng¹, kwong³ zoeng¹
    • Yale: kwok jēung, kwong jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwok⁸ dzoeng¹, kwong³ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuog³ zêng¹, kuong³ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːk̚³ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok-chông
    • Hakka Romanization System: kog` zong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kog⁵ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚² t͡soŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: khok-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokdiofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tiang
    • Tâi-lô: khok-tiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokdiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khok-tiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokdviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khok-tionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokdvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: khòng-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorngdiofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuang³ ziang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng tsiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siaŋ³³/

Verb

擴張

1. to expand

   領土擴張／领土扩张  ―  lǐngtǔ kuòzhāng  ―  territorial expansion

2. to dilate

Synonyms

• (to expand):

• 壯大／壮大 (zhuàngdà)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 張皇／张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)
• 擴充／扩充 (kuòchōng)
• 擴大／扩大 (kuòdà)
• 擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
• 放
• 開拓／开拓 (kāituò)

 

• (dilate):

• 伸展 (shēnzhǎn)
• 伸展開／伸展开 (shēnzhǎn kāi)
• 展開／展开 (zhǎnkāi)
• 張開／张开 (zhāngkāi)
• 擺開／摆开 (bǎikāi) (formal, literal or figurative)
• 攤／摊
• 舒展 (shūzhǎn)
• 舒張／舒张 (shūzhāng)

 

Derived terms

• 擴張主義／扩张主义 (kuòzhāngzhǔyì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (擴張):

• → Japanese: 拡張(かくちょう) (kakuchō)
• → Korean: 확장(擴張) (hwakjang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擴	張
かく Hyōgaiji	ちょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 擴張 – see the following entry.

【拡張かくちょう】 [noun] An expansion or extension of range, scale or influence. [verb] To extend a range, scale or influence.

(This term, 擴張, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
擴	張

Noun

擴張 • (hwakjang) (hangeul 확장)

1. Hanja form^? of 확장.