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宽广 (kuān guǎng) — wide, broad, extensive, vast

Definition

Use 宽广 for 'broad and vast' — physical space like roads, or figurative scope like mind or horizons. More literary than 宽阔 and emphasizes both width and grandeur.

adjective
widebroadextensivevast

Examples

  • 宽广。
    Tā de xiōng huái fēi cháng kuān guǎng.
    His mind is very broad.
  • 宽广，。
    Zhè tiáo mǎ lù hěn kuān guǎng, kě yǐ bìng pái zǒu liù liàng chē.
    This road is very wide; six cars can drive side by side.
  • 宽广。
    Dú wàn juàn shū néng ràng rén de shì yě gèng kuān guǎng.
    Reading ten thousand books can broaden one's horizons.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

宽kuānwide
广guǎngbroad

宽 and 广 are parallel words for breadth, giving a sense of vast width.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 寬; 宽 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánhouse
Sound part声符shēngfú
萈
萈huán寬kuān
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 寬 pairs 宀, a house, with 萈, a goat used for sound, to show a spacious house; the simplified 宽 is a later abbreviation.

Open 宽 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →
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