Chinese word

扩建

Pronunciation

Pinyinkuò jiàn

Meaning

  • verbexpand

Example

市政府要扩建这条道路。shì zhèng fǔ yào kuò jiàn zhè tiáo dào lù

The city government plans to expand this road.

Illustration for 扩建 (expand)

More examples

学校准备扩建校区以容纳更多学生。xué xiào zhǔn bèi kuò jiàn xiào qū yǐ róng nà gèng duō xué shēng

The school is preparing to expand the campus to accommodate more students.

Core concept

A planned building-out that makes an existing site larger or more capable by adding new built parts.

Common phrases

  • 扩建校区kuò jiàn xiào qū

    expand a campus

  • 扩建码头kuò jiàn mǎ tóu

    expand a pier

  • 扩建仓库kuò jiàn cāng kù

    expand a warehouse

Similar words

增建zēng jiàn: Building extra sections or structures onto an existing building or facility.
扩展kuò zhǎn: Widening the range, area, or scope of something to make it larger.
加建jiā jiàn: Building a small extra part onto an existing structure at a later time.

Definition in Chinese

指在原有建筑上新增结构或部分，如加建楼层、扩展车间，以增加使用面积或功能的施工行为。zhǐ zài yuán yǒu jiàn zhù shàng xīn zēng jié gòu huò bù fèn rú jiā jiàn lóu céng kuò zhǎn chē jiān yǐ zēng jiā shǐ yòng miàn jī huò gōng néng de shī gōng xíng wèi

Word origin

扩 (kuò, "expand") + 建 (jiàn, "build") combines the ideas of making something broader and constructing onto it.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this verb normally describes a construction project for a school, road, factory, or similar site, so it refers to a concrete change to a place rather than general growth.

Other meanings

  • extendverb
  • add facilitiesverb

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