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 鬼混 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly syn 扩散 擴散 kuò sàn to spread / to proliferate / to diffuse 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 前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear 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 连累 連累 lián lěi to involve / to implicate sb / to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc) syn 晃悠 huàng you to swing / to sway / to wobble / to hang around / to hover around 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 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 铺平 鋪平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) 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 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 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 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 滴溜溜 dī liū liū whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit) 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) 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] 垫圈 墊圈 diàn juàn to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc 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 铺盖 鋪蓋 pū gài to spread evenly over syn 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 绕 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour syn 播 bō (bound form) to sow (seeds) / to spread (ideas, rumors etc) / to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4] syn 围 圍 wéi to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) 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 扳 bān to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup syn 蔓 màn creeper / to spread syn 乍 zhà at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth 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 游行 遊行 yóu xíng to march / to parade / to demonstrate / procession / march / demonstration / to travel around / to roam 参观 參觀 cān guān to look around / to tour / to visit syn 全面 quán miàn all-around / comprehensive / total / overall syn 四周 sì zhōu all around syn 引导 引導 yǐn dǎo to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer syn 打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around syn 运转 運轉 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around syn 转弯 轉彎 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner syn 环球 環球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 探望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn 巡回 巡迴 xún huí to go around / to roam / to tour syn 乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place syn 围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around / to have a stroll syn 乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around syn 走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn 勾搭 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 