浩 (hào): grand, vast (water)
浩 (hào) is a Chinese character meaning “grand.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 告 (phonetic). It ranks #1845 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浩 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- grand
- vast (water)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浩劫noun | hào jié | calamity |
| 浩瀚adjective | hào hàn | vast (of ocean) |
| 浩大adjective | hào dà | vast |
| 浩荡adjective | hào dàng | vast and mighty (of river or ocean) |
| 浩浩荡荡adjective | hào hào dàng dàng | (idiom) grandiose |
| 浩渺adjective | hào miǎo | vast |
| 二连浩特市 | èr lián hào tè shì | Erenhot, a county-level city in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia |
| 呼和浩特市 | hū hé hào tè shì | Hohhot, prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区 |
| 二连浩特proper-noun | èr lián hào tè | see 二連浩特市|二连浩特市 |
| 呼和浩特proper-noun | hū hé hào tè | see 呼和浩特市 |
| 浩如烟海phrase | hào rú yān hǎi | vast as the open sea (idiom) |
| 乌兰浩特市 | wū lán hào tè shì | Ulanhot, a county-level city in Hinggan League 興安盟|兴安盟, Inner Mongolia |
| 锡林浩特市 | xī lín hào tè shì | Xilinhot, a county-level city in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia |
| 浩然adjective | hào rán | vast |
| 乌兰浩特proper-noun | wū lán hào tè | see 烏蘭浩特市|乌兰浩特市 |
浩 appears in 29 compound words: 59 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 41 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
Bayanhot (a town in Alxa Left Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Erenhot (a county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Hohhot (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Ulanhot (a county-level city of Hinggan, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Xilinhot (a county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Erenhot (a county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Hohhot (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Ulanhot (a county-level city of Hinggan, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Xilinhot (a county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Example Sentences
暴雨过后，浩水上涨，淹没了低洼的街道。
bào yǔ guò hòu , hào shuǐ shǎng zhǎng , yān méi le dī 洼 de jiē dào .
After the downpour, the floodwaters rose, submerging the low-lying streets.
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hé mǔ zī hǎi xiá zāo fēng suǒ ! yī lǎng zhàn huǒ kǒng xiān quán qiú néng yuán hào jié zhè xiē guó jiā zuì cǎn
The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Blocked! Iran's Conflict Could Trigger a "Global Energy Crisis"—These Countries Will Be Hit Hardest
经典赛/李大浩对韩国队2选手印象深 谈中华队先保密
jīng diǎn sài lǐ dà hào duì hán guó duì 2 xuǎn shǒu yìn xiàng shēn tán zhōng huá duì xiān bǎo mì
Classic/Lee Dae-ho was deeply impressed by the 2 players of the South Korean team and talked about the Chinese team first kept it confidential
黄腾浩退居幕后“忙搬桌椅”! 角头团队新作怀秋...
huáng téng hào tuì jū mù hòu máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo tóu tuán duì xīn zuò huái qiū . . .
Huang Tenghao retreated behind the scenes to "busy moving tables and chairs"! The new work of the Jiaotou team is nostalgic...
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hóng fú 苑 guǎn hào míng guān zhù shōu gòu chǐ jià yú wàn yuán diǎn jì ? huáng wěi 纶 : zhī yuán shǎo . . .
Guan Haoming pays attention to the purchase price of more than 10,000 yuan? Huang Weilun: Less support...
一支大军正浩浩荡荡地行进着。
Yī zhī dàjūn zhèng hàohàodàngdàng de xíngjìn zhe.
A large army is proudly proceeding.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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