膨 (péng) — (bound form) to expand; to inflate
Definition
A bound morpheme used in technical/scientific words for expansion or puffing up. It appears in compounds like 膨胀 (expand) and 膨化 (puff).
bound form
to expandto inflate
Examples
- 。Qì qiú shòu rè hòu huì péng zhàng.A balloon will expand when heated.
- 膨。Zhè zhǒng líng shí shì péng huà shí pǐn.This snack is a puffed food.
- ，。Wù tǐ yù lěng huì shōu suō, yù rè huì péng zhàng.Objects contract when cold and expand when hot.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
膨 combines 肉 (meat; flesh) with 彭, which gives the pronunciation.
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