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宏观 hóngguān “macro” in Chinese

Traditional 宏觀

What 宏观 means

  1. macro
  2. macroscopic
  3. macro-
  4. holistic

How to say 宏观

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale宏hóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

宏观 in a sentence

  1. 我们要从宏观上看这个问题。

    Wǒmen yào cóng hóngguān shàng kàn zhè ge wèntí.

    We need to look at this issue from the big-picture level.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 宏观经济学研究整个国家的经济。

    Hóngguān jīngjìxué yánjiū zhěng ge guójiā de jīngjì.

    Macroeconomics studies the economy of a whole country.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 宏观 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 宏 (hóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
宏hónggreat
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 厷forearm · gōngSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 厷 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with hóng.

The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 宏观

宏 7 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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

Words related to 宏观

Words with 宏

宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable

More words: Ideas & Concepts

行列hángliè · ranks含义hányì · meaning毫米háomǐ · millimetre痕迹hénjì · trace环节huánjié · link画蛇添足huàshétiānzú · to spoil something by adding the unnecessary (lit. drawing legs on a snake)活力huólì · vitality见解jiànjiě · view

FAQs

宏观 (hóngguān) means “macro” or “macroscopic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hóngguān: hóng with a 2nd tone, then guān with a 1st 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, 宏观 is written 宏觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hongguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宏观 from the suggestions. Typing hongguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宏观 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.