# 膨胀 (péngzhàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 膨胀 (péngzhàng) means “to expand; to inflate; to swell”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to expand; to inflate; to swell
- Pinyin: péngzhàng (peng2 zhang4)
- Traditional: 膨脹
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 金属受热后会膨胀。
  Jīnshǔ shòurè hòu huì péngzhàng.
  Metals expand when they are heated.

## Characters

- 膨 (péng): swollen
- [胀](https://hanziro.com/word/zhang-swell/) (zhàng): to swell; to expand

https://hanziro.com/word/peng-zhang-expand/

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