广 guǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
广义
guǎngyì
broad sense; broad meaning
Characters in this word
义 yì
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 从广义上说，教育不仅发生在课堂，也发生在家庭和社会实践中。 Cóng guǎngyì shàng shuō, jiàoyù bùjǐn fāshēng zài kètáng, yě fāshēng zài jiātíng hé shèhuì shíjiàn zhōng. In the broad sense, education takes place not only in the classroom, but also in families and social practice.
- 广义的健康不只是身体没有病。 Guǎngyì de jiànkāng bù zhǐshì shēntǐ méiyǒu bìng. Health in the broad sense is more than just not being ill.
- 这个词在广义上也可以指所有的交通工具。 Zhège cí zài guǎngyì shàng yě kěyǐ zhǐ suǒyǒu de jiāotōng gōngjù. In a broad sense this word can also refer to all means of transport.
Related words
- 广场 guǎngchǎng public square
- 广告 guǎnggào advertisement
- 广播 guǎngbō radio broadcast
- 广大 guǎngdà vast; the broad masses of
- 推广 tuīguǎng to promote; to spread
- 宽广 kuānguǎng vast; broad
- 广 guǎng wide; spacious
- 广泛 guǎngfàn wide-ranging; extensive
- 广阔 guǎngkuò vast, wide
- 集思广益 jísīguǎngyì to pool ideas and draw on collective wisdom
- 见多识广 jiànduōshíguǎng experienced and knowledgeable; worldly-wise
- 意义 yìyì meaning; significance