HSK 6 · Adjectives

辽阔 liáokuò “vast” in Chinese

Traditional 遼闊

What 辽阔 means

  1. vast
  2. boundless
  3. extensive

How to say 辽阔

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辽liáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale阔kuò4th tone, falling

辽阔 in a sentence

  1. 中国幅员辽阔，因而茶的品种繁多。

    Zhōngguó fúyuán liáokuò, yīn'ér chá de pǐnzhǒng fánduō.

    China is vast, and as a result it has a great many kinds of tea.

    Sentence #1700074 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 巴西是一个幅员辽阔的国家。

    Bāxī shì yí ge fúyuán liáokuò de guójiā.

    Brazil is a vast country.

    Sentence #13552208 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 不论黑暗多么辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。

    Búlùn hēi'àn duōme liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.

    However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

    Sentence #4581045 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 辽阔 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 辽 (liáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
辽liáodistant; faraway
  • 了clear · leSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 了 (le) hints at the sound. Compare it with liáo.

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 辽阔

辽 5 strokes · 阔 12 strokes

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

Words related to 辽阔

Words with 阔

广阔guǎngkuò · vast开阔kāikuò · wide

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FAQs

辽阔 (liáokuò) means “vast” or “boundless”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liáokuò: liáo with a 2nd 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, 辽阔 is written 遼闊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liaokuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辽阔 from the suggestions. Typing liaokuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辽阔 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.