Chinese symbol for “amplify”
扩音
kuò yīn
Traditional: 擴音
to amplify (sound)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amplify is 扩音 (kuò yīn), defined as: to amplify (sound).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “amplify”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增大 | zēng dà | to enlarge; to amplify |
| 衍 | yǎn | to spread out; to develop |
| 扩增 (擴增) | kuò zēng | to augment; to amplify |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扩音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扩大 (擴大) | kuò dà | to expand; to enlarge |
| 扩展 (擴展) | kuò zhǎn | to extend; to expand |
| 扩张 (擴張) | kuò zhāng | expansion; dilation |
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 扩建 (擴建) | kuò jiàn | to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) |
| 扩充 (擴充) | kuò chōng | to expand |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amplify”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.