Chinese symbol for “extravagance”
铺张
pū zhāng
Traditional: 鋪張
ostentation; extravagance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extravagance is 铺张 (pū zhāng), defined as: ostentation; extravagance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “extravagance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锦衣玉食 (錦衣玉食) | jǐn yī yù shí | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铺张.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 店铺 (店鋪) | diàn pù | store; shop |
| 铺设 (鋪設) | pū shè | to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable) |
| 商铺 (商鋪) | shāng pù | shop; store |
| 铺路 (鋪路) | pū lù | to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road |
| 铺垫 (鋪墊) | pū diàn | to spread out bedding; bedcover |
| 铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地) | pū tiān gài dì | (lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extravagance”.
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.