Chinese word

大面积

Pronunciation

Pinyindà miàn jī

Meaning

  • adverbover a wide area

Example

台风造成大面积停电。tái fēng zào chéng dà miàn jī tíng diàn

The typhoon caused power outages over a wide area.

Illustration for 大面积 (over a wide area)

More examples

化工厂泄漏后，附近河段大面积污染。huà gōng chǎng xiè lòu hòu fù jìn hé duàn dà miàn jī wū rǎn

After the chemical plant leaked, a wide area of the nearby river was polluted.

Core concept

A condition spreads across a broad, connected stretch of space.

Common phrases

  • 大面积种植dà miàn jī zhòng zhí

    plant extensively

  • 大面积污染dà miàn jī wū rǎn

    pollute a wide area

  • 大面积扩张dà miàn jī kuò zhāng

    expand across a wide area

Similar words

遍地biàn dì: Spread throughout the ground or a region, appearing in many places.
到处dào chù: In every place or in all parts of an area.
广泛地guǎng fàn dì: Widely across many places, areas, or directions.

Definition in Chinese

作为副词，表示某种变化、影响在广阔区域内连续分布或普遍出现，侧重空间上的广泛性。zuò wéi fù cí biǎo shì móu zhǒng biàn huà yíng xiǎng zài guǎng kuò qū yù nèi lián xù fēn bù huò pǔ biàn chū xiàn cè zhòng kōng jiān shàng de guǎng fàn xìng

Word origin

大面积 (dàmiànjī, "large area") combines 大 (dà, "large") + 面积 (miànjī, "area"), so its adverbial use places an action or effect across a broad stretch of space.

Usage tips

  • The word describes spatial extent rather than severity, so a small but intense event is not necessarily 大面积 (dàmiànjī, "over a wide area").

Other meanings

  • wide areanoun
  • on a large scaleadverb

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