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喧哗 (xuān huá) — (verb) to make noise, to clamor; (adjective) noisy, clamorous

Definition

Formal/written word for 'noisy, to make a racket' — stronger than the everyday 吵 and often used in public-announcement contexts (e.g. '请勿喧哗'). Closer to 嘈杂 than to the quarrel-sense of 吵.

verb
to make noiseto clamor
adjective
noisyclamorous

Examples

  • 喧哗。
    Qǐng bú yào zài tú shū guǎn lǐ xuān huá.
    Please don't make noise in the library.
  • 喧哗。
    xuān huá De jiē dào ràng rén gǎn dào fán zào.
    The noisy street makes people feel irritable.
  • 喧哗。
    Gōng gòng chǎng suǒ jìn zhǐ dà shēng xuān huá.
    Loud noise is prohibited in public places.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

喧xuānnoisy
哗huáclamorous

喧 (noisy) and 哗 (clamorous) combine to mean loud noise.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
宣
宣xuān喧xuān
Same sound today

喧 is made of 口 (mouth) and 宣, which is read xuān and gives the character its sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Communication & Speech

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