EXPAND   

CAUSE TO BECOME MORE BIG.
Modern Chinese Criteria
擴大 擴充
Hypernym
  • BIG OF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 15)
  • SIZE QUANTITY of a DIMENSION. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • QUANTITY DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 281

  • Words (4 items)

      chuī 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativegeneraliseCH
    • vtoNfigurative, middle voicebe carried far; become overextendedCH
    曼衍  màn yǎn MC: -- yenX OC: mons k-lanʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactexpand into infinitudeCH
      huī kuī MC: khwoj OC: khʷɯɯ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpoeticexpand and spell out in detailCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpoeticexpand and spell out in detailCH