HSK 5 · Adjectives

广泛 guǎngfàn “extensive” in Chinese

Traditional 廣泛

What 广泛 means

  1. extensive
  2. wide range
  3. wide
  4. broad
  5. widespread

How to say 广泛

  • 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泛fàn4th tone, falling

广泛 in a sentence

  1. 我的爱好不但广泛而且有用。

    Wǒ de àihào búdàn guǎngfàn érqiě yǒuyòng.

    My hobbies are not only wide-ranging but also useful.

    Sentence #899106 from Tatoeba

  2. 英语是目前在世界上使用最广泛的语言。

    Yīngyǔ shì mùqián zài shìjiè shàng shǐyòng zuì guǎngfàn de yǔyán.

    English is currently the most widely used language in the world.

    Sentence #811876 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 互联网的广泛应用使新一代的年轻人诞生了。

    Hùliánwǎng de guǎngfàn yìngyòng shǐ xīn yí dài de niánqīngrén dànshēng le.

    The widespread use of the internet has given rise to a new generation of young people.

    Sentence #502969 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 广泛 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 泛 (fàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
泛fàngeneral
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 乏poor · fáSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 乏 (fá) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàn.

How to write 广泛

广 3 strokes · 泛 7 strokes

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

Words related to 广泛

Words with 广

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

Words with 泛

泛滥fànlàn · to flood

More words: Adjectives

乖guāi · (of a child) obedient光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive过分guòfèn · excessive豪华háohuá · luxurious合法héfǎ · lawful合理hélǐ · rational

FAQs

广泛 (guǎngfàn) means “extensive” or “wide range”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guǎngfàn: guǎng with a 3rd tone, then fàn 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, 广泛 is written 廣泛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangfan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广泛 from the suggestions. Typing guangfan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广泛 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.