广袤

廣袤
guǎngmào
adjective #27,465

Meanings

  1. 1 vast
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 extensive (of land)

Examples

Guǎngmào de cǎoyuán yī wàng wú jì.
The vast grassland stretched as far as the eye could see.
Tā zhàn zài guǎngmào de shāmò zhōng, gǎndào shífēn miǎoxiǎo.
Standing in the boundless desert, he felt very small.

Tips

memory
广 means wide/broad, and (mào) specifically refers to the north-south extent of land. Together they describe land that is vast in all directions. is rarely used alone — remember it as the literary partner of 广.

Stroke Order

广 guǎng
mào