HSK 6 · Verbs

侮辱 wǔrǔ “to insult” in Chinese

Said as wúrǔ

Same in Traditional

What 侮辱 means

  1. to insult
  2. to humiliate
  3. dishonor

How to say 侮辱

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale侮wǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale辱rǔ3rd tone, dipping

Said as wúrǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

侮辱 in a sentence

  1. 她侮辱了他。

    Tā wǔrǔ le tā.

    She insulted him.

    Sentence #1783845 from Tatoeba

  2. 汤姆没想侮辱谁。

    Tāngmǔ méi xiǎng wǔrǔ shéi.

    Tom didn’t mean to insult anyone.

    Sentence #13138104 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 侮辱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 侮 (wǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
侮wǔto insult
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 每each · měi
The character 辱 (rǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
辱rǔdisgrace
  • 辰morning · chén
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 侮辱

侮 9 strokes · 辱 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

侮辱 (wǔrǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 侮辱 (wǔrǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 侮辱

More words: Thinking & Talking

妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy误解wùjiě · to misunderstand污蔑wūmiè · to slander想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to闲话xiánhuà · gossip谢绝xièjué · to politely decline

FAQs

侮辱 (wǔrǔ) means “to insult” or “to humiliate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǔrǔ: wǔ with a 3rd tone, then rǔ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like wúrǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 侮辱 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 侮辱 from the suggestions. Typing wuru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
侮辱 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.