The tour guide is very knowledgeable and can answer any question.
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How 见多识广 is built
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见jiànto see
冂down box · jiōng
儿legs · ér
Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.
多duōmany; much; more; a lot of
夕evening · xī
夕evening · xī
Memory aidTwo 夕 shapes stacked up: many.
识shíto know
讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
只only · zhǐSound part
讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shí.
见多识广 (jiànduōshíguǎng) means “well-informed and experienced” or “(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiànduōshíguǎng: jiàn with a 4th tone, then duō with a 1st tone, then shí with a 2nd tone, then guǎng with a 3rd 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, 见多识广 is written 見多識廣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianduoshiguang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 见多识广 from the suggestions. Typing jianduoshiguang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
见多识广 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.