廣大

See also: 广大 and 広大

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (廣大)		廣	大
simp. (广大)		广	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎngdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² daai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kóng-tāi / kóng-tōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang² dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎngdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎngdà
    • Wade–Giles: kuang³-ta⁴
    • Yale: gwǎng-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goangdah
    • Palladius: гуанда (guanda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong² daai⁶
    • Yale: gwóng daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong² dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: kóng-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: kóng-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdoa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang² dai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng tăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵/

Adjective

廣大

1. (of an area) large; vast; wide
2. (of a range) wide; widespread; large-scale
3. (of people) numerous; many; diverse

   • 刊行以來，這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
     刊行以来，这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface

     Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gèdì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]

     Since publication, this book has acquired a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.

Synonyms

• (large):

• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣／广
• 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊／无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

 

• (numerous):

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "large"): 狹小／狭小 (xiáxiǎo)

Derived terms

• 神通廣大／神通广大 (shéntōngguǎngdà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廣	大
こう Jinmeiyō	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 廣大 – see the following entry.

【広大こうだい】 [adjective] huge [adjective] vast [adjective] magnificent [adjective] grand [noun] vastness [proper noun] a male given name Alternative spellings 宏大, 弘大

(This term, 廣大, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
廣	大

Noun

廣大 • (gwangdae) (hangeul 광대)

1. Hanja form^? of 광대.