张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn 传 傳 chuán to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 布 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known syn 流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn 展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn 传播 傳播 chuán bō to disseminate / to propagate / to spread syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend syn 扩散 擴散 kuò sàn to spread / to proliferate / to diffuse syn 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 蔓延 màn yán to extend / to spread syn 流传 流傳 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down syn 流言 liú yán rumor / gossip / to spread rumors syn 延伸 yán shēn to extend / to spread syn 散播 sàn bō to spread / to disperse / to disseminate syn 宣扬 宣揚 xuān yáng to publicize / to advertise / to spread far and wide syn 推广 推廣 tuī guǎng to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc) syn 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 连累 連累 lián lěi to involve / to implicate sb / to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc) syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 传开 傳開 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around syn 罗布 羅布 luó bù to display / to spread out / to distribute / old spelling of 盧布|卢布[lu2 bu4], ruble 传遍 傳遍 chuán biàn to spread widely syn 波及 bō jí to spread to / to involve / to affect syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 展翅 zhǎn chì to spread wings syn 不翼而飞 不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 铺平 鋪平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 普及 pǔ jí to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive syn 劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn 稀疏 xī shū sparse / infrequent / thinly spread syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 盛传 盛傳 shèng chuán widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated syn 扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn 平摊 平攤 píng tān to spread out / (fig.) to share equally syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors syn 铺垫 鋪墊 pū diàn to spread out bedding / bedcover syn 施肥 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer syn 传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) syn 不胫而走 不脛而走 bù jìng ér zǒu to get round fast / to spread like wildfire syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào to spread the news (idiom) 以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn 流毒 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence syn 利差 yield spread 铺陈 鋪陳 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate syn 铺展 鋪展 pū zhǎn to spread out syn 防控 fáng kòng to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease) 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 摊开 攤開 tān kāi to spread out / to unfold 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 垫圈 墊圈 diàn juàn to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 敷设 敷設 fū shè to lay / to spread out syn 星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 铺盖 鋪蓋 pū gài to spread evenly over syn 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn 播 bō (bound form) to sow (seeds) / to spread (ideas, rumors etc) / to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4] syn 披 pī to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 铺 鋪 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker syn 广 廣 guǎng wide / numerous / to spread syn 摊 攤 tān to spread out / vendor's stand syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 蔓 màn creeper / to spread syn 乍 zhà at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling syn 驰 馳 chí to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread syn 传布 傳布 chuán bù to spread / to propagate / to disseminate syn 衍 yǎn to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous syn 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 蜚短流长 蜚短流長 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip / also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] 飞短流长 飛短流長 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip syn 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 捭 bǎi to spread out / to open 飏 颺 yáng to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread 摅 攄 shū set forth / to spread 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 