HSK 6 · Adjectives

博大精深 bódàjīngshēn “broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 博大精深 means

  1. broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)
  2. (idiom) wide-ranging and profound

How to say 博大精深

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale博bó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale精jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale深shēn1st tone, high and level

博大精深 in a sentence

  1. 中国文化博大精深。

    Zhōngguó wénhuà bódàjīngshēn.

    Chinese culture is broad and profound.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 中医博大精深，很难学。

    Zhōngyī bódàjīngshēn, hěn nán xué.

    Traditional Chinese medicine is vast and deep, and very hard to learn.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 博大精深 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 博 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
博bóabundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part
  • 尃to announce · fūSound part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 尃 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 精 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
精jīngessence
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jīng.

The character 深 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
深shēndeep
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 罙deep

How to write 博大精深

博 12 strokes · 大 3 strokes · 精 14 strokes · 深 11 strokes

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博大精深 (bódàjīngshēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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Words related to 博大精深

Words with 博

博士bóshì · doctorate博物馆bówùguǎn · museum赌博dǔbó · to gamble博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

Words with 精

精彩jīngcǎi · wonderful精力jīnglì · energy精神jīngshén · spirit精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline精密jīngmì · precise精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol

Words with 深

深shēn · deep深刻shēnkè · profound深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep资深zīshēn · senior根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: Adjectives

便利biànlì · convenient别扭bièniu · awkward别致biézhì · unique闭塞bìsè · isolated薄弱bóruò · weak不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable不像话búxiànghuà · unreasonable不相上下bùxiāngshàngxià · equally matched

FAQs

博大精深 (bódàjīngshēn) means “broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)” or “(idiom) wide-ranging and profound”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bódàjīngshēn: bó with a 2nd tone, then dà with a 4th tone, then jīng with a 1st tone, then shēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 博大精深 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bodajingshen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 博大精深 from the suggestions. Typing bodajingshen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
博大精深 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.