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kuò

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kuò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuò | kuo4
English translation
variant of kuò
> kuò [kuò]
rich
wide
broad
ample, broad, wide; separate; to be apart

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About kuò

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

kuò

Contains the radical

Mén

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

gate

Etymology of kuò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

门活

Semantic compound

Mén

Phonetic compound

huó

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Mén represents the meaning and huó represents the sound. Simplified form of kuò .

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Example sentences using kuò

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飞秒 fēi miǎo 激光 jī guāng Wēi 加工 jiāgōng shì Mén 新兴 Xīn xīng de 学科 xué kē ,具有 jù yǒu 广阔 guǎngkuò de 应用 yìngyòng 前景 qiánjǐng .

Femtosecond laser processing is an emerging field and has important application prospects.

至于 zhìyú 身格, 身高 shēn gāo 英尺 yīng chǐ , 臃肿 yōng zhǒng , héng kuò .

Physically, he was five feet in height, thickset and squarely built.

这个 zhè ge 男孩 nán hái 身体 shēntǐ 矮壮,生着一张丑陋 chǒu lòu què tǎo rén 喜欢 xǐhuan de 泰姆纳人的扁 kuò de 面孔 miàn kǒng .

The boy was shot and squat with the broad ugly pleasant face of a Temne.

县内高等级公路平坦 píngtǎn 宽阔 kuān kuò , 四通八达 sì tōng bā dá .

High grade highways are smooth and wide, and extend in all directions.

拉特 shì 矮矮胖胖身强力壮 shēn qiáng lì zhuàng de rén , 肩膀 jiānbǎng kuò hòu ,胳膊 gēbo 粗大 cū dà .

Slatter was a shortish, broad, powerful man, with heavy shoulders and thick arms.

Words with kuò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
广阔 guǎngkuò wide廣闊
开阔 kāikuò wide開闊
kuò rich kuò
宽阔 kuān kuò wide寬闊
辽阔 liáokuò vast遼闊
昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù to strut昂首闊步
高谈阔论 gāo tán kuò lùn to harangue高談闊論
阔别 kuò bié separated for a long time闊別
大刀阔斧 dà dāo kuò fǔ bold and decisive大刀闊斧
阔绰 kuò chuò ostentatious闊綽
海阔天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng the whole wide world海闊天空
阔佬 kuò lǎo wealthy person闊佬
波澜壮阔 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum波瀾壯闊
阔气 kuò qi lavish闊氣
阔步 kuò bù to stride forward闊步
摆阔 bǎi kuò to parade one's wealth擺闊
壮阔 zhuàng kuò grand壯闊
心胸开阔 xīn xiōng kāi kuò broad-minded心胸開闊

kuò Decomposition & Compounds

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kuò Decomposition

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