拓 tuò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 石 stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拓展
tuòzhǎn
to expand; to develop
Characters in this word
展 zhǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学校希望通过国际交流项目拓展学生的跨文化理解能力。 Xuéxiào xīwàng tōngguò guójì jiāoliú xiàngmù tuòzhǎn xuéshēng de kuà wénhuà lǐjiě nénglì. The school hopes to expand students' intercultural understanding through international exchange programmes.
- 公司打算拓展海外市场，招聘了几名新员工。 Gōngsī dǎsuàn tuòzhǎn hǎiwài shìchǎng, zhāopìn le jǐ míng xīn yuángōng. The company plans to expand its overseas market and has hired several new employees.
- 学习新语言能拓展我们的视野，认识不同的文化。 Xuéxí xīn yǔyán néng tuòzhǎn wǒmen de shìyě, rènshi bùtóng de wénhuà. Learning a new language can broaden our horizons and help us get to know different cultures.
Related words
- 开拓 kāituò to open up; to pioneer; to expand
- 拓宽 tuòkuān to broaden; to widen
- 发展 fāzhǎn to develop
- 进展 jìnzhǎn progress; development
- 开展 kāizhǎn to carry out; to develop
- 展开 zhǎnkāi to unfold; to begin
- 扩展 kuòzhǎn to expand; to extend
- 展览 zhǎnlǎn exhibition
- 展示 zhǎnshì to show
- 展现 zhǎnxiàn to show; to reveal
- 参展 cānzhǎn to participate in an exhibition
- 施展 shīzhǎn to display; to put to use