广泛性 (guǎng fàn xìng) — extensiveness, universality, broad coverage

Definition

A formal written noun meaning 'extensiveness' or 'widespread scope' — used in academic or report-style writing, not everyday speech.

noun
extensivenessuniversalitybroad coverage

Examples

  • 广泛性，。
    Zhè ge diào chá de guǎng fàn xìng hěn qiáng, fù gài le quán guó gè gè dì qū.
    This survey has strong extensiveness, covering all regions of the country.
  • 广泛性。
    Wèn tí de guǎng fàn xìng yāo qiú wǒ men cóng duō gè jiǎo dù qù fēn xī.
    The universality of the problem requires us to analyze it from multiple angles.
  • 广泛性。
    Zhè xiàng zhèng cè de guǎng fàn xìng tǐ xiàn zài tā shì yòng yú bù tóng háng yè.
    The broad coverage of this policy is reflected in its applicability to different industries.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

广泛broad and general
广guǎngbroad泛fàngeneral
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

广泛 combines broad and general, and 性 gives the sense of a quality or state.

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 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 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
乏
乏fá泛fàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

泛 pairs 氵 (water) with 乏, which gives the sound.

Open 泛 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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