廣度

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎngdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎngdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎngdù
    • Wade–Giles: kuang³-tu⁴
    • Yale: gwǎng-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goangduh
    • Palladius: гуанду (guandu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong² dou⁶
    • Yale: gwóng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwangX duH

Rime
Character	廣	度
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古晃切	徒故切
Baxter	kwangX	duH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋX/	/duoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋX/	/duoH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋX/	/doH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋX/	/dɔH/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋX/	/doH/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋX/	/duH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɑŋX/	/dʱuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǎng	dù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong2	dou6

Etymology 1

		wide	degree
trad. (廣度)		廣	度
simp. (广度)		广	度

Noun

廣度

1. breadth; scope; range; extent

Etymology 2

		magnanimous	magnanimity
trad. (廣度)		廣	度
simp. (广度)		广	度

Noun

廣度

1. (Classical) magnanimity

Synonyms

• 姿態／姿态 (zītài)
• 度量
• 氣宇／气宇 (qìyǔ) (literary)
• 氣度／气度 (qìdù)
• 海量 (hǎiliàng) (honorific)
• 肚量 (dùliàng) (figurative)

 

Etymology 3

		wide	to say prayers or perform Buddhist service to release souls from purgatory
trad. (廣度)		廣	度
simp. (广度)		广	度

Verb

廣度

1. (Buddhism) to save (sentient beings) universally

Synonyms

• 普渡 (pǔdù)