HSK 6 · Verbs

预言 yùyán “to predict” in Chinese

Traditional 預言

What 预言 means

  1. to predict
  2. prophecy
  3. prediction

How to say 预言

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale预yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale言yán2nd tone, rising

预言 in a sentence

  1. 没人能够预言这次合作的结果。

    Méi rén nénggòu yùyán zhè cì hézuò de jiéguǒ.

    No one could predict the outcome of this cooperation.

    Sentence #2915096 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的预言成真了。

    Nǐ de yùyán chéngzhēn le.

    Your prediction has come true.

    Sentence #785981 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 预言被实验结果推翻了。

    Yùyán bèi shíyàn jiéguǒ tuīfān le.

    The prediction was disproved by the experimental results.

    Sentence #364945 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 预言 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 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 言 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
言yánwords
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 二two · èr
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 预言

预 10 strokes · 言 7 strokes

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

Words related to 预言

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预料yùliào · to expect预期yùqī · to expect干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget预兆yùzhào · omen

Words with 言

语言yǔyán · language发言fāyán · to make a speech方言fāngyán · dialect言论yánlùn · speech谣言yáoyán · rumour序言xùyán · preface寓言yùyán · fable不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

More words: Thinking & Talking

拥护yōnghù · to support预料yùliào · to expect酝酿yùnniàng · to brew预期yùqī · to expect赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at责怪zéguài · to blame证实zhèngshí · to confirm斟酌zhēnzhuó · to deliberate

FAQs

预言 (yùyán) means “to predict” or “prophecy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùyán: yù with a 4th tone, then yán with a 2nd 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, 预言 is written 預言. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预言 from the suggestions. Typing yuyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预言 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.