Meaning
wide; numerous; to spread
Chinese: 广大、广泛。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “guang” becomes a different word in each tone. 广 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 广告guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial; advertisement
- 广场guǎng chǎngpublic square; plaza
- 广播guǎng bōbroadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate
- 推广tuī guǎngto extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization
- 广大guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
Example Sentence
这个广场非常大。Zhè ge guǎng chǎng fēi cháng dà.This square is very big.
这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this广场guǎng chǎngpublic square非常fēi chángvery大dàbig。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 廣. It means ‘wide, broad, vast, extensive; numerous, many; to spread, expand, broaden’ (广大, 广告, 推广).
A way to remember it
‘Wide / broad / to spread’: 广大 (vast), 广告 (advertisement).