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广泛

guǎng fàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 廣泛

广泛 (guǎng fàn) means "extensive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 广泛 means

1. wide; broad; extensive; widespread

The characters in 广泛

• 广guǎngwide; numerous; to spread
• 泛fàn(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive

Example sentences

• 广泛的安全措施实施了。
  Guǎngfàn de ānquáncuòshī shíshī le.
  Broad safety measures were put into effect.
• 我的爱好不但广泛而且有用。
  Wǒ de àihào bù dàn guǎngfàn érqiě yǒuyòng.
  My hobbies are not only wide-ranging but also useful.
• 英语是目前在世界上使用最广泛的语言。
  Yīngyǔ shì mùqián zàishì jiè shàng shǐyòng zuì guǎngfàn de yǔyán.
  English is by far the most widely-spoken language in the world.
• 互联网的广泛应用使新一代的年轻人诞生了。
  Hùliánwǎng de guǎngfàn yìngyòng shǐ xīnyīdài de niánqīngrén dànshēng le.
  The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
• 甚至在这些国家以外，英语也许比其他任何语言更广泛地被使用来当作国际交流的媒介。
  Shènzhì zài zhèxiē guójiā yǐwài, Yīngyǔ yěxǔ bǐ qítā rènhé yǔyán gèng guǎngfàn de bèi shǐyòng lái dàngzuò guójì jiāoliú de méijiè.
  And even outside these nations, English is perhaps more widely used as a medium of international communication than any other language.
• 即使她没生病，到了规定的日期她也完成不了她的博士论文， 因为论文题目涉及的内容太广泛。
  Even if she wasn't sick, she couldn't complete her doctoral thesis by the deadline because the thesis problem contains a vast amount of detail.

Words starting with 广泛

• 广泛影响guǎng fàn yǐng xiǎngwide ranging influence
• 广泛性焦虑症guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhènggeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)

Where 广泛 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Industry, Manufacturing & Infrastructure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǎng fàn correctly.
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