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Meaning of 喧

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Pinyin: xuān
English Definition: clamor; noise
Chinese Definition:
①大声说话,声音杂乱:喧哗。喧闹。喧嚷。喧腾。喧嚣。喧宾夺主。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    • [ xuān ] to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname
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Example Words
喧嚣 xuān xiāo to clamor; to make noise
喧闹 xuān nào to make a noise; noisy
喧哗 xuān huá hubbub; clamor; to make a racket
锣鼓喧天 luó xuān tiān deafening sound of gongs and drums (idiom)
喧宾夺主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point; the sauce is better than the fish
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Example Sentences
1
My class are quite nosiy this morning.
2
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But I had no sooner commenced than a perfect pandemonium of voices reached my ears, a thousand clamoring notes from without and within, until I could hear nothing but their noise and din.
3
My wishes are fools, they shout across thy song, my Master. Let me but listen.
4
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
5
He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets.