HSK 6 · Adjectives

壮观 zhuàngguān “spectacular” in Chinese

Traditional 壯觀

What 壮观 means

  1. spectacular
  2. magnificent sight

How to say 壮观

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale壮zhuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

壮观 in a sentence

  1. 这些焰火真壮观！

    Zhèxiē yànhuǒ zhēn zhuàngguān!

    These fireworks are spectacular!

    Sentence #335170 from Tatoeba

How 壮观 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 壮 (zhuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
壮zhuàngto strengthen
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 士scholar · shìMeaning part

士 hints at the meaning (scholar); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuàng.

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 壮观

壮 6 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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

Words related to 壮观

Words with 壮

壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàng · bold and confident (being in the right)

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: Adjectives

忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal忠实zhōngshí · faithful衷心zhōngxīn · heartfelt周密zhōumì · thorough壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic庄严zhuāngyán · solemn庄重zhuāngzhòng · serious

FAQs

壮观 (zhuàngguān) means “spectacular” or “magnificent sight”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuàngguān: zhuàng with a 4th 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, 壮观 is written 壯觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuangguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 壮观 from the suggestions. Typing zhuangguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
壮观 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.