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膨脹

简膨胀 · 繁膨脹

Mandarin · pinyin péng zhàng

to expand
to inflate
to swell

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膨: péng · to swell; swollen, bloated, inflated
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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

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

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