Chinese symbol for “grandiose”
浩浩荡荡
hào hào dàng dàng
Traditional: 浩浩蕩蕩
(idiom) grandiose; majestic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grandiose is 浩浩荡荡 (hào hào dàng dàng), defined as: (idiom) grandiose; majestic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grandiose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮夸 (浮誇) | fú kuā | to exaggerate; to be boastful |
| 堂而皇之 | táng ér huáng zhī | overt; to make no secret (of one's presence) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浩浩荡荡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浩劫 | hào jié | calamity; catastrophe |
| 浩大 | hào dà | vast; huge |
| 浩瀚 | hào hàn | vast (of ocean); boundless |
| 浩然 | hào rán | vast; expansive |
| 浩荡 (浩蕩) | hào dàng | vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful |
| 浩繁 | hào fán | vast; voluminous |
| 动荡 (動盪) | dòng dàng | variant of 动荡 (dòng dàng) |
| 震荡 (震盪) | zhèn dàng | to shake up; to jolt |
| 荡妇 (蕩婦) | dàng fù | prostitute; floozy; slut |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grandiose”.
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.