tuò

to expand

surname Tuo; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up

hand (扌) + stone (石) = push outward to expand

The hand radical drives the meaning: pushing or pressing outward with the hand to open up new ground. 石 mainly contributes the sound tuò rather than a stone-related idea.

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StonePhonetic

我们要努力展公司的业务。

wǒ men yào nǔ lì tuò zhǎn gōng sī de yè wù。

We need to work hard to expand the company's business.

他花了很多年开新的市场。

tā huā le hěn duō nián kāi tuò xīn de shì chǎng。

He spent many years opening up new markets.

Words with 拓

邓拓

dèng tuò

wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨

开拓

kāi tuò

to break new ground (for agriculture)

开拓性

kāi tuò xìng

pioneering

开拓者

kāi tuò zhě

pioneer

开疆拓土

kāi jiāng tuò tǔ

(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets

代数拓扑

dài shù tuò pū

(math.) algebraic topology

力拓

lì tuò

Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)

几何拓扑

jǐ hé tuò pū

(math.) geometric topology

几何拓扑学

jǐ hé tuò pū xué

(math.) geometric topology

必和必拓

bì huó bì tuò

BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)

拓宽

tuò kuān

to broaden

拓印

tà yìn

stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)

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