海底扩张说

Traditional form:

海底擴張說

Pinyin (reading):

hǎidǐkuòzhāngshuō

Definitions:

• theory of seafloor spreading (geology)

Characters:

• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 扩 - to expand, to stretch, to magnify
• 张 - to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid

Traditional characters:

• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 擴 - to expand, to stretch, to magnify
• 張 - to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid