HSK 6 · Verbs

扩充 kuòchōng “to expand” in Chinese

Traditional 擴充

What 扩充 means

  1. to expand
  2. to augment

How to say 扩充

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale扩kuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale充chōng1st tone, high and level

扩充 in a sentence

  1. 图书馆打算扩充儿童图书。

    Túshūguǎn dǎsuàn kuòchōng értóng túshū.

    The library plans to expand its children’s books.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学好语法以后，还要不断扩充词汇。

    Xuéhǎo yǔfǎ yǐhòu, hái yào búduàn kuòchōng cíhuì.

    Once you’ve learnt the grammar, you need to keep expanding your vocabulary.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 扩充 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 扩 (kuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
扩kuòto enlarge
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuSound part
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 扌 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuò.

The character 充 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
充chōngsufficient; full
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 允to grant · yǔn

How to write 扩充

扩 6 strokes · 充 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

扩充 (kuòchōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 扩充 (kuòchōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 扩充

Words with 扩

扩大kuòdà · to expand扩散kuòsàn · to spread扩张kuòzhāng · to expand

Words with 充

补充bǔchōng · to replenish充满chōngmǎn · to be full of充分chōngfèn · ample充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger充当chōngdāng · to serve as冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient

More words: Common Verbs

跨kuà · to step across款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly捆绑kǔnbǎng · to tie up扩散kuòsàn · to spread扩张kuòzhāng · to expand捞lāo · to fish out晾liàng · to dry in the air or sun

FAQs

扩充 (kuòchōng) means “to expand” or “to augment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuòchōng: kuò with a 4th tone, then chōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 扩充 is written 擴充. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuochong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扩充 from the suggestions. Typing kuochong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扩充 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.