扩散 meaning in English

kuòsàn

to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 擴散18 strokes

Meaning of 扩散

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kuòsàn
  1. to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

扩散 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

癌ái细xì胞bāo已yǐ经jīng扩kuò散sàn到dào她tā的de胃wèi。
The cancer has spread to her stomach.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

扩 kuò · to enlarge · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

散 sàn · to scatter · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
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  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 扩散.

散步sànbùto take a walk; to go for a walk
分散fēnsànto scatter; to disperse
扩大kuòdàto expand; to enlarge
扩展kuòzhǎnto extend; to expand
散文sǎnwén(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as e
解散jiěsànto dissolve; to disband
疏散shūsànidle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
扩张kuòzhāngexpansion; dilation
散发sànfāto distribute; to emit; to give off
散布sànbùto disseminate
扩建kuòjiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
散开sànkāito separate; to disperse

Questions about 扩散

What does 扩散 mean?

扩散 (kuòsàn) means "to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 扩散?

扩散 is made of 2 characters: 扩 (6 strokes), 散 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 扩散 an HSK word?

Yes. 扩散 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 扩散 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 扩散 is written 擴散.