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 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly 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 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 一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously 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 飞速 飛速 fēi sù swift / rapidly syn 传遍 傳遍 chuán biàn to spread widely syn 飙升 飆升 biāo shēng to rise rapidly / to soar 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 急转直下 急轉直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom) / dramatic change syn 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 激增 jī zēng to increase rapidly / to shoot up 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 腾飞 騰飛 téng fēi lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation) syn 骤降 驟降 zhòu jiàng to fall rapidly / to plummet syn 盛传 盛傳 shèng chuán widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated syn 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster 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 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 流毒 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence syn 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly 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) 迅速发展 迅速發展 xùn sù fā zhǎn to develop rapidly 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] 方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up syn 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 疾书 疾書 jí shū to scribble rapidly 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 跄 蹌 qiāng walk rapidly 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 方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 方兴未已 方興未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 大张声势 大張聲勢 dà zhāng shēng shì to spread one's voice wide (idiom) / wide publicity 展翅高飞 展翅高飛 zhǎn chì gāo fēi to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) / to develop one's abilities freely 山珍海错 山珍海錯 shān zhēn hǎi cuò rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) / fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies 家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public 纲举目张 綱舉目張 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered 双船地震扩展排列 expanding spread profiling / expanded spread 延烧 延燒 yán shāo (of fire) to continue burning / to spread / (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread / to intensify / to gain traction 牄 qiāng to walk rapidly 