Chinese Word: 谤 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

谤 (Trad.: 謗)HSK 6

Pinyin: bàng

English Definition: to slander; to defame; to speak ill of

Chinese Definition:
①恶意攻击别人，说别人的坏话：谤讥。谤讪。谤议。谤毁。诽谤。
②责备：谤木(传说中舜设立的供人写谏言的木牌，后代仿效。亦称“华表木”)。“厉王虐，国人谤王”。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 言

Pictophonetic:旁 indicates the sound; 讠 (speech) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 讠 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 旁 [ páng ] side; beside, close, nearby

Similar Characters: 搒

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诽谤HSK 6	fěi bàng	to slander; to libel
毁谤	huǐ bàng	slander; libel; to malign; to disparage
任谤任劳	rèn bàng rèn láo	to ignore slander and shoulder one's burdens manfully (idiom)
詈谤同僚	lì bàng tóng liáo	to slander colleagues (idiom)

1		tā 他 duì 对 tā 他 qián qī 前妻 jié jìn 竭尽 fěi bàng 诽谤 zhī 之 néng shì 能事。 He defamed his ex-wife by every possible means.
2		fěi bàng 诽谤 tā rén 他人 huì 会 gěi 给 zì jǐ 自己 hé 和 bèi 被 fěi bàng zhě 诽谤者 dài lái 带来 shāng hài 伤害。 Slandering others can cause harm to both the slanderer and the slandered.