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Chinese symbol for “advertise”

广告
guǎng gào
Traditional: 廣告
to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; 项 (xiàng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for advertise is 广告 (guǎng gào), defined as: to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; 项 (xiàng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

广 guǎng
broad, vast, wide; building, house
radical 53 ⼴ · 3 strokes
告 gào
to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “advertise”

WordPinyinMeaning
宣扬 (宣揚)xuān yángto publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
登广告 (登廣告)dēng guǎng gàoto advertise
招揽生意 (招攬生意)zhāo lǎn shēng yito advertise; to solicit business
张贴 (張貼)zhāng tiēto post (a notice); to advertise
标榜 (標榜)biāo bǎngto flaunt; to advertise

Related words

Other words that share a character with 广告.

WordPinyinMeaning
广场 (廣場)guǎng chǎngpublic square; plaza
广泛 (廣泛)guǎng fànwide; broad; extensive; widespread
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
广播 (廣播)guǎng bōbroadcast; 个 (gè)
广大 (廣大)guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
告诉 (告訴)gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint
警告jǐng gàoto warn; to admonish

See also: Japanese symbol for “advertise”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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