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膨脹

简 膨胀 · 繁 膨脹
Mandarin · pinyin péng zhàng

Meanings

  1. to expand
  2. to inflate
  3. to swell
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膨
péng · to swell; swollen, bloated, inflated
脹
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胀
zhàng · swell, inflate, expand
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2–4 · peng2 zhang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

paang4 zoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 膨脹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. (literally) to expand; to inflate; to swell; to distend
  2. (figuratively) to grow or expand abnormally; to swell

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