Chinese word dictionary

扩编

kuò biān · to expand (esp. by new recruitment); to increase the army; to augment

Practice word

Word information

Simplified扩编

Traditional擴編

Pinyinkuò biān

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

扩kuò

to expand, to stretch, to magnify

编biān

to knit, to weave; to arrange, to compile

How to learn 扩编

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

扩大kuòdà

to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope

编biān

to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up

编辑biānjí

to edit; to compile; editor; compiler

编写biānxiě

to compile

改编gǎibiān

to adapt; to rearrange; to revise

扩展kuòzhǎn

to extend; to expand; extension; expansion