HSK 6 · Adjectives

慷慨 kāngkǎi “generous” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 慷慨 means

  1. generous
  2. impassioned
  3. fervent
  4. vehement
  5. magnanimous

How to say 慷慨

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale慷kāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale慨kǎi3rd tone, dipping

慷慨 in a sentence

  1. 大自然很慷慨。

    Dàzìrán hěn kāngkǎi.

    Nature is generous.

    Sentence #794063 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我很钦佩他的慷慨大方。

    Wǒ hěn qīnpèi tā de kāngkǎi dàfang.

    I really admire his generosity.

    Sentence #1502443 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 慷慨 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 慷 (kāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
慷kāng
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 康health · kāngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 康 (kāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kāng.

The character 慨 (kǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
慨kǎito sigh
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 既already · jìSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 既 (jì) hints at the sound. Compare it with kǎi.

How to write 慷慨

慷 14 strokes · 慨 12 strokes

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

Words related to 慷慨

Words with 慨

感慨gǎnkǎi · to sigh with emotion

More words: Adjectives

举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role开阔kāikuò · wide开朗kāilǎng · cheerful开明kāimíng · enlightened刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent可观kěguān · considerable恳切kěnqiè · earnest可行kěxíng · feasible

FAQs

慷慨 (kāngkǎi) means “generous” or “impassioned”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kāngkǎi: kāng with a 1st tone, then kǎi with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 慷慨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kangkai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慷慨 from the suggestions. Typing kangkai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慷慨 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.