HSK 6 · Adjectives

广阔 guǎngkuò “vast” in Chinese

Traditional 廣闊

What 广阔 means

  1. vast
  2. broad
  3. wide

How to say 广阔

  • 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阔kuò4th tone, falling

广阔 in a sentence

  1. 草原上一片广阔的天空。

    Cǎoyuán shàng yí piàn guǎngkuò de tiānkōng.

    Above the grassland is a vast open sky.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个行业的发展前景很广阔。

    Zhè ge hángyè de fāzhǎn qiánjǐng hěn guǎngkuò.

    This industry has very broad prospects.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 广阔 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 阔 (kuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
阔kuòrich
  • 门gate · ménMeaning part
  • 活to exist · huóSound part

门 hints at the meaning (gate); 活 (huó) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuò.

How to write 广阔

广 3 strokes · 阔 12 strokes

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

Words related to 广阔

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广泛guǎngfàn · extensive见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

Words with 阔

开阔kāikuò · wide辽阔liáokuò · vast

More words: Adjectives

根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted公道gōngdao · fair恭敬gōngjìng · respectful公正gōngzhèng · fair古怪gǔguài · strange孤立gūlì · isolated过度guòdù · excessive果断guǒduàn · decisive

FAQs

广阔 (guǎngkuò) means “vast” or “broad”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guǎngkuò: guǎng with a 3rd tone, then kuò 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, 广阔 is written 廣闊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangkuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广阔 from the suggestions. Typing guangkuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广阔 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.