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阔

kuò

HSK 6 Character Traditional 闊

What 阔 means

1. rich
2. wide
3. broad

Other readings

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

• kuòvariant of {阔|kuò}

Example sentences

• 他们扩阔了帝国的领土。
  Tāmen kuò kuò le dìguó de lǐngtǔ.
  They increased the territory of the empire.
• 巴西是一个幅员辽阔的国家。
  Brazil is a huge country.
• 中国幅员辽阔,因而茶的品种繁多。
  China's territory is vast, thus the types of tea vary.
• 忍一时,风平浪静. 让一步, 海阔天空.
  Rěn yīshí, fēngpínglàngjìng. ràng yī bù, hǎikuòtiānkōng.
  If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
• 不论黑暗如何辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。
  Bù lùn hēi'àn rúhé liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.
  However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
• 这座位于南亚中心的雄伟山脉，山峰白雪皑皑，复盖着广阔的冰川。
  This majestic mountain range in the heart of south Asia is crowned with snowcapped peaks and draped with vast glaciers.

Words starting with 阔

• 阔别kuò biéseparated for a long time
• 阔绰kuò chuòextravagant; liberal with money
• 阔气kuò qilavish; generous; bounteous
• 阔人kuò rénrich person; the rich
• 阔少kuò shào(derog.) young man from a wealthy family
• 阔度kuò dùbreadth
• 阔步kuò bùto stride forward
• 阔叶kuò yèbroad-leaved (tree)
• 阔佬kuò lǎowealthy person; millionaire
• 阔蹑kuò nièto stride (formal writing)
• 阔嘴鹬kuò zuǐ yù(bird species of China) broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
• 阔老kuò lǎovariant of 阔佬

Words containing 阔

• 广阔guǎng kuòwide; vast
• 开阔kāi kuòwide; open (spaces); to open up
• 辽阔liáo kuòvast; extensive
• 宽阔kuān kuòexpansive; wide; width
• 海阔天空hǎi kuò tiān kōngwide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas; the whole wide world…
• 高谈阔论gāo tán kuò lùnto harangue; loud arrogant talk; to spout
• 壮阔zhuàng kuògrand; majestic; vast
• 波澜壮阔bō lán zhuàng kuòsurging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
• 大刀阔斧dà dāo kuò fǔbold and decisive
• 久阔jiǔ kuòa long period of separation
• 摆阔bǎi kuòto parade one's wealth; to be ostentatious and extravagant
• 疏阔shū kuòinaccurate; slipshod; poorly thought-out
• 背阔肌bèi kuò jīlatissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
• 心胸开阔xīn xiōng kāi kuòbroad-minded; open-minded
• 昂首阔步áng shǒu kuò bùstriding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step; to strut
• 高视阔步gāo shì kuò bùto strut about
• 窝阔台Wō kuò táiÖgedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
• 银胸阔嘴鸟yín xiōng kuò zuǐ niǎo(bird species of China) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
• 长尾阔嘴鸟cháng wěi kuò zuǐ niǎo(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
• 窝阔台汗Wō kuò tái hánÖgedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
• 旷阔kuàng kuòvast
• 浩阔hào kuòvast
• 迂阔yū kuòhigh sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense

Characters that look like 阔

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

• 阐chǎnto express; to disclose; to enlighten
• 阈yùthreshold
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen
• 涸héto dry; to dry up
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter

Sounds the same

Read kuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 括(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 扩to enlarge
• 廓(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 蛞used in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓
• 漷clashing of two currents
• 鞹leather
• 髺hair rolled up in a bun
• 适see 李适
• 霩variant of 廓