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宽

kuān

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 寬

宽 (kuān) means "wide; broad". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 宽 means

1. wide
2. broad
3. loose
4. relaxed
5. lenient

Other readings

宽 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Kuānsurname Kuan

Example sentences

• 有多宽？
  How wide is it?
• 海非常宽。
  The sea is very wide.
• 汤姆肩膀很宽。
  Tom has very broad shoulders.
• 这条河宽一英里。
  This river is one mile across.
• 走廊要够轮椅宽。
  The hallway needs to be wide enough for a wheelchair.
• 这条河有一英里宽。
  This river is one mile across.

Words starting with 宽

• 宽敞kuān changspacious; wide
• 宽容kuān rónglenient; tolerant; indulgent
• 宽带kuān dàibroadband
• 宽阔kuān kuòexpansive; wide; width
• 宽大kuān dàspacious; wide; lenient
• 宽松kuān sōngspacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry
• 宽广kuān guǎngwide; broad; extensive
• 宽度kuān dùwidth
• 宽恕kuān shùto forgive; forgiveness
• 宽厚kuān hòutolerant; generous; magnanimous
• 宽慰kuān wèito console; to soothe; relieved
• 宽裕kuān yùcomfortably off; ample; plenty
• 宽泛kuān fànwide-ranging
• 宽心kuān xīnrelieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties
• 宽宏大量kuān hóng dà liàngmagnanimous (idiom); generous
• 宽亮kuān liàngwide and bright; without worries; deep and sonorous (voice)
• 宽假kuān jiǎto pardon; to excuse
• 宽免kuān miǎnto reduce payment; to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc); to let sb off paying
• 宽口kuān kǒuwide mouth
• 宽展kuān zhǎnhappy
• 宽待kuān dàito treat leniently; liberal treatment
• 宽减kuān jiǎntax relief
• 宽舒kuān shūhappy; carefree
• 宽衣kuān yīplease take off your coat (honorific); loose-fitting garment

Words containing 宽

• 放宽fàng kuānto relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit)
• 带宽dài kuānbandwidth
• 拓宽tuò kuānto broaden
• 加宽jiā kuānwiden
• 展宽zhǎn kuānto widen
• 从宽cóng kuānlenient; leniently
• 长宽cháng kuānlength and width; size; dimensions
• 频宽pín kuān(Taiwan) bandwidth
• 东西宽dōng xī kuāneast-west distance
• 眼距宽yǎn jù kuānorbital hypertelorism (medicine)
• 共享带宽gòng xiǎng dài kuānshared bandwidth
• 量化宽松liàng huà kuān sōngquantitative easing (finance)
• 胸宽xiōng kuānwidth of chest
• 心宽体胖xīn kuān tǐ pánbig-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing
• 外宽内忌wài kuān nèi jìmagnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
• 请求宽恕qǐng qiú kuān shùto sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
• 紫宽嘴鸫zǐ kuān zuǐ dōng(bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea)
• 绿宽嘴鸫lǜ kuān zuǐ dōng(bird species of China) green cochoa (Cochoa viridis)

Characters that look like 宽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 觉juéto feel; to find that; thinking
• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 翌yìbright; tomorrow
• 叟sǒuold gentleman; old man
• 罡gāngstars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

Sounds the same

Read kuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 髋pelvis; pelvic

Where 宽 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & physical state (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kuān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.