Word

广阔 (guǎng kuò) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

Meaning of 广阔

形 xíng adjective

vast

中国有广阔的领土。

zhōng guó yǒu guǎng kuò de lǐng tǔ

China has vast territory.

Word breakdown

广 guǎng — wide, broad, extensive

阔 kuò — wide, expansive

1 宽阔 kuān kuò — spacious HSK 7
- 宽 wide, broad
- 阔 expansive, open
Example

这条街道很宽阔。

zhè tiáo jiē dào hěn kuān kuò

This street is very spacious.
2 开阔 kāi kuò — spacious, broad, open HSK 7
- 开 open, to open up
- 阔 wide, broad, expansive
Example

这里视野很开阔。

zhè lǐ shì yě hěn kāi kuò

The view here is very open.
3 辽阔 liáo kuò — vast HSK 7
- 辽 distant, far-reaching
- 阔 wide, broad
Example

中国有辽阔的领土。

Zhōng guó yǒu liáo kuò de lǐng tǔ

China has vast territory.
4 阔绰 kuò chuò — extravagant HSK 7
- 阔 wealthy, broad
- 绰 ample, abundant
Example

他出手很阔绰，经常请朋友吃饭。

tā chū shǒu hěn kuò chuò jīng cháng qǐng péng you chī fàn

He is very generous with money, often treating friends to meals.

Structure & writing

1 广 guǎng — wide; broad (opposite of 狭)

广 is a component in 31 characters

HSK 1

床 chuáng bed (furniture for sleeping) 店 diàn shop; store

HSK 3

应 yìng to reply; to answer 康 kāng healthy 矿 kuàng mineral resources

HSK 4

庆 qìng to congratulate; to celebrate 序 xù order; sequence 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿) 度 dù instrument or unit for measuring length 座 zuò seat; honorific term for a high-ranking official in former times

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庭 tíng hall; main room of a house 麻 má herbaceous plant of the hemp family (e.g. cannabis, ramie, abutilon, flax); stem-bark fiber used to make rope and cloth

HSK 5

席 xí mat woven from reed, bamboo, or grass strips, used to cover a bed, floor, or build a shelter 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 府 fǔ government office; organ of state power 扩 kuò to expand, enlarge; to increase in scope, scale, or quantity 腐 fǔ to rot; to decay

HSK 6

庄 zhuāng village; rural settlement 庞 páng large (in size or quantity) 廊 láng covered corridor or passageway under eaves

HSK 7

唐 táng boastful; exaggerated (in speech) 庇 bì to shelter, to shield 庙 miào ancestral shrine (where ancestral tablets are enshrined) 废 fèi to discontinue; to stop using 庸 yōng ordinary; mediocre

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廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible 廓 kuò outer edge or contour of an object 旷 kuàng empty and vast; open and spacious 缠 chán to wind around, to wrap around 遮 zhē to block from view; to obscure 鹰 yīng hawk; eagle (a bird of prey with hooked beak, short neck, feathered legs, and sharp talons)

广 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 阔 kuò — wide; broad; vast in area

阔 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 门 mén — door; gate; entrance of a building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or courtyard, also the barrier installed at such an entrance that can be opened and closed

门 is a component in 21 characters

HSK 1

们 men suffix added to pronouns or nouns referring to people to indicate plural 问 wèn to ask a question about something unknown or unclear 间 jiān between; the space where two periods of time or things meet

HSK 3

闻 wén to hear

HSK 4

闹 nào noisy; tumultuous (opposite of 'quiet') 阅 yuè to read; to look over

HSK 5

润 rùn to moisten; to add oil or water to prevent dryness 闭 bì to close; to shut 闲 xián free; unoccupied; idle (opposite of 'busy')

HSK 6

闪 shǎn to dodge aside quickly 闯 chuǎng to rush forward boldly; to charge 阔 kuò wide; broad; vast in area

HSK 7