HSK 6 · Verbs

酝酿 yùnniàng “to brew” in Chinese

Traditional 醞釀

What 酝酿 means

  1. to brew
  2. to prepare (a plan)
  3. to deliberate
  4. (of alcohol) to ferment
  5. (of a crisis) to be brewing
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to mull over (an issue)
  • to hold exploratory discussions

How to say 酝酿

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale酝yùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale酿niàng4th tone, falling

酝酿 in a sentence

  1. 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。

    Tāmen de yǒuqíng yùnniàng chéng le àiqíng.

    Their friendship gradually grew into love.

    Sentence #604494 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 酝酿 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 酝 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
酝yùnto brew
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

The character 酿 (niàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
酿niàngto ferment
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 良good · liángSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 良 (liáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with niàng.

How to write 酝酿

酝 11 strokes · 酿 14 strokes

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

Words related to 酝酿

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意识yìshi · consciousness意味着yìwèizhe · to mean拥护yōnghù · to support预料yùliào · to expect预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at责怪zéguài · to blame

FAQs

酝酿 (yùnniàng) means “to brew” or “to prepare (a plan)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùnniàng: yùn with a 4th tone, then niàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 酝酿 is written 醞釀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yunniang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 酝酿 from the suggestions. Typing yunniang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
酝酿 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.