广告
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
广告 (guǎnggào) · advertisement
广告 (guǎnggào) means “advertisement; commercial”. It is written with 2 characters: 广 (broad) + 告 (to tell). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 广告 is built
The characters
广 guǎng · broad
What 广 is made of
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
Origin hint: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
告 gào · to tell
What 告 is made of
- 牛niú — ox
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: To speak 口 with the force of an ox 牛 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
电视上有很多广告。Diànshì shàng yǒu hěn duō guǎnggào.There are many commercials on TV.
你看过这个广告吗？Nǐ kàn guo zhège guǎnggào ma?Have you seen this ad?
Questions about 广告
What does 广告 mean?
广告 (guǎnggào) means “advertisement; commercial”.
How do you pronounce 广告?
广告 is pronounced guǎnggào.
Which HSK level is 广告?
广告 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 广场guǎngchǎngpublic square
- 广播guǎngbōradio
- 广大guǎngdàvast
- 推广tuīguǎngto promote
- 宽广kuānguǎngvast
- 广泛guǎngfànwide
- 广阔guǎngkuòvast
- 见多识广jiànduōshíguǎngexperienced and knowledgeable
- 告诉gàosuto tell
- 报告bàogàoreport
Learn 广告 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 49: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.