廣大

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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

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

(of an area) large; vast; wide
(of a range) wide; widespread; large-scale
(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.
  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】

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)

hanja form^? of 광대

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