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广告guǎng gàoadvertisement

HSK 4word

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广告 (guǎng gào) means "advertisement" or "a commercial," and can also mean "to advertise." It is used for ads on TV, online, or on the street, as in 看广告 (watch ads) and 做广告 (run an ad). As a noun it is the everyday word for an ad.

What does 广告 mean?

  1. 1.

    advertisementnoun

  2. 2.

    a commercialnoun

  3. 3.

    to advertiseverb

What do the characters in 广告 mean?

  • 广to spread
  • 告to announce; to report

How do you use 广告?

广告 is usually a noun; 做广告 or 打广告 can mean to advertise.

Patterns

  • 做 + 广告

    他们想给新汽车做广告。

    Tāmen xiǎng gěi xīn qìchē zuò guǎnggào.

    They want to advertise the new car.

What are some examples of 广告 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 7–9

    电视上广告太多了。

    Diànshì shang guǎnggào tài duō le.

    There are too many ads on TV.

  2. HSK 7–9

    我不喜欢看广告。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan kàn guǎnggào.

    I don't like watching ads.

  3. HSK 7–9

    这家饭店在网上做广告。

    Zhè jiā fàndiàn zài wǎng shang zuò guǎnggào.

    This restaurant advertises online.

How is 广告 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    这个电影怎么还没开始？

    Zhège diànyǐng zěnme hái méi kāishǐ?

    Why hasn't this movie started yet?

  2. Speaker B:

    前边还有五分钟广告。

    Qiánbian hái yǒu wǔ fēnzhōng guǎnggào.

    There are still five minutes of ads before it.

  3. Speaker A:

    广告太长了。

    Guǎnggào tài cháng le.

    The ads are too long.

  4. Speaker B:

    没事，我们先去买水吧。

    Méi shì, wǒmen xiān qù mǎi shuǐ ba.

    No problem, let's go buy some water first.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.