擴大

See also: 扩大 and 拡大

Chinese

		enlarge	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (擴大)		擴	大
simp. (扩大)		扩	大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuòdà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kwok³ daai⁶ / kwong³ daai⁶ / kong³ daai⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): kong¹ ai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khok-thai / khóang-thai
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khok-tāi / khok-tōa / khòng-tāi / khòng-tōa

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuag⁴ dai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuòdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuòdà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-ta⁴
  - Yale: kwò-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohdah
  - Palladius: кода (koda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwok³ daai⁶ / kwong³ daai⁶ / kong³ daai⁶
  - Yale: kwok daaih / kwong daaih / kong daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwok⁸ daai⁶ / kwong³ daai⁶ / kong³ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuog³ dai⁶ / kuong³ dai⁶ / kong³ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːk̚³ taːi̯²²/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ taːi̯²²/, /kʰɔːŋ³³ taːi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: kong¹ ai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔŋ³³ ai³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok-thai / khóang-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kog` tai / kuang` tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kog⁵ tai⁴ / kuang³ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚² tʰai̯⁵⁵/, /kʰu̯aŋ³¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: khok-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qokdai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tai²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tai³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: khok-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qokdoa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tua²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tua²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: khòng-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qorngdai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tai³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tai³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: khòng-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qorngdoa
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tua³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tua³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuag⁴ dai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuak tăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuak̚²⁻⁴ tai³⁵/

Verb

擴大

to expand; to enlarge; to extend; to escalate
擴大規模／扩大规模 ― kuòdà guīmó ― to expand scale

擴大影響／扩大影响 ― kuòdà yǐngxiǎng ― to extend influence

擴大緊張形勢／扩大紧张形势 ― kuòdà jǐnzhāng xíngshì ― to escalate tensions

Synonyms

壯大／壮大 (zhuàngdà)
廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
張皇／张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)
擴充／扩充 (kuòchōng)
擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
擴張／扩张 (kuòzhāng)
放
開拓／开拓 (kāituò)

Related terms

擴建／扩建 (kuòjiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擴	大
かく Hyōgaiji	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

擴(かく)大(だい) • (kakudai)

Kyūjitai form of 拡大 (“magnification; lengthening; expansion; extension; increase”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
擴	大

Noun

擴大 • (hwakdae) (hangeul 확대)

Hanja form^? of 확대 (“expansion”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
擴	大

Verb

擴大

chữ Hán form of khuếch đại (“to amplify”).