膨胀 meaning in English

péngzhàng

to expand; to inflate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 膨脹24 strokes

Meaning of 膨胀

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

péngzhàng
  1. to expand
  2. to inflate
  3. to swell

膨胀 in example sentences

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

首shǒu先xiān,因yīn为wèi海hǎi水shuǐ变biàn热rè时shí膨péng胀zhàng,海hǎi平píng面miàn可kě能néng提tí高gāo。
First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.
利lì率lǜ和hé通tōng货huò膨péng胀zhàng很hěn高gāo。
Interest rates and inflation were high.
随suí着zhe通tōng货huò膨péng胀zhàng的de发fā展zhǎn美měi元yuán贬biǎn值zhí了le。
The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.

Stroke order for each character

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

膨 péng · bloated · 16 strokes

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胀 zhàng · to swell · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 膨胀.

肿胀zhǒngzhàngswelling; oedema
通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhànginflation

Questions about 膨胀

What does 膨胀 mean?

膨胀 (péngzhàng) means "to expand; to inflate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 膨胀?

膨胀 is made of 2 characters: 膨 (16 strokes), 胀 (8 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 膨胀 an HSK word?

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

How is 膨胀 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 膨胀 is written 膨脹.