HSK 5 · Places

广场 guǎngchǎng “public square” in Chinese

Said as guángchǎng

Traditional 廣場

What 广场 means

  1. public square
  2. plaza

How to say 广场

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale广guǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale场chǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as guángchǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

广场 in a sentence

  1. 我要去广场。

    Wǒ yào qù guǎngchǎng.

    I’m going to the square.

    Sentence #9037040 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 你在广场上吗？

    Nǐ zài guǎngchǎng shàng ma?

    Are you in the square?

    Sentence #9176193 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 广场被鲜明的灯火照亮。

    Guǎngchǎng bèi xiānmíng de dēnghuǒ zhàoliàng.

    The square was lit up by bright lights.

    Sentence #3080265 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 广场 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 广 (guǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
广guǎngwide
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
The character 场 (chǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wù

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǎng.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: an open piece of ground.

How to write 广场

广 3 strokes · 场 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

广场 (guǎngchǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 广场 (guǎngchǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 广场

Words with 广

广播guǎngbō · broadcast广告guǎnggào · advertisement推广tuīguǎng · to promote广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive广泛guǎngfàn · extensive广阔guǎngkuò · vast见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

Words with 场

机场jīchǎng · airport商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)操场cāochǎng · playground市场shìchǎng · marketplace当场dāngchǎng · on the spot场所chǎngsuǒ · place现场xiànchǎng · scene场合chǎnghé · occasion

More words: Places & Geography

电台diàntái · radio station隔壁gébì · next door工厂gōngchǎng · factory公寓gōngyù · apartment building胡同hútòng · lane家乡jiāxiāng · hometown建筑jiànzhù · to construct酒吧jiǔbā · bar

FAQs

广场 (guǎngchǎng) means “public square” or “plaza”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guǎngchǎng: guǎng with a 3rd tone, then chǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like guángchǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 广场 is written 廣場. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广场 from the suggestions. Typing guangchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广场 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.