HSK 5 · Adjectives

广大 guǎngdà “(of an area) vast or extensive” in Chinese

Traditional 廣大

What 广大 means

  1. (of an area) vast or extensive
  2. large-scale
  3. widespread
  4. (of people) numerous

How to say 广大

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling

广大 in a sentence

  1. 这个节目受到了广大观众的欢迎。

    Zhè ge jiémù shòudào le guǎngdà guānzhòng de huānyíng.

    This program is popular with a wide audience.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 草原广大，一眼看不到边。

    Cǎoyuán guǎngdà, yì yǎn kàn bu dào biān.

    The grassland is vast and stretches beyond what the eye can see.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 广大 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 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.

How to write 广大

广 3 strokes · 大 3 strokes

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

Words related to 广大

Words with 广

广播guǎngbō · broadcast广告guǎnggào · advertisement广场guǎngchǎng · public square推广tuīguǎng · to promote广泛guǎngfàn · extensive广阔guǎngkuò · vast见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

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

More words: Adjectives

公平gōngpíng · fair乖guāi · (of a child) obedient光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright广泛guǎngfàn · extensive过分guòfèn · excessive豪华háohuá · luxurious合法héfǎ · lawful

FAQs

广大 (guǎngdà) means “(of an area) vast or extensive” or “large-scale”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guǎngdà: guǎng with a 3rd tone, then dà with a 4th tone. 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, 广大 is written 廣大. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangda with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广大 from the suggestions. Typing guangda into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广大 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.