HSK 4 · Technology

广告 guǎnggào “advertisement” in Chinese

Traditional 廣告

What 广告 means

  1. advertisement
  2. advert
  3. to advertise
  4. a commercial

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项广告 yí xiàng guǎnggào

How to say 广告

  • 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告gào4th tone, falling

广告 in a sentence

  1. 那家公司在广告上花了很多钱。

    Nà jiā gōngsī zài guǎnggào shàng huā le hěn duō qián.

    That company spent a lot of money on advertising.

    Sentence #335390 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我在报纸上刊登了我的房子的广告。

    Wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kāndēng le wǒ de fángzi de guǎnggào.

    I advertised my house in the newspaper.

    Sentence #3043962 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们应该禁止针对儿童的广告。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnzhǐ zhēnduì értóng de guǎnggào.

    We should ban advertising aimed at children.

    Sentence #5698044 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 广告 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 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 广告

广 3 strokes · 告 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 广告

Words with 广

广播guǎngbō · broadcast广场guǎngchǎng · public square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 告

告诉gàosu · to tell告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant原告yuángào · plaintiff布告bùgào · notice

More words: Technology & Media

短信duǎnxìn · text message互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet技术jìshù · technology密码mìmǎ · cipher网站wǎngzhàn · website消息xiāoxi · news信息xìnxī · information占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)

FAQs

广告 (guǎnggào) means “advertisement” or “advert”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guǎnggào: guǎng with a 3rd tone, then gào 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, 广告 is written 廣告. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one advertisement is 一项广告 (yí xiàng guǎnggào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanggao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广告 from the suggestions. Typing guanggao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广告 is an HSK 4 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.