HSK 6 · Emotions

厌恶 yànwù “to loathe” in Chinese

Traditional 厭惡

What 厌恶 means

  1. to loathe
  2. to detest
  3. disgust
  4. to hate
  5. disgusted with sth

How to say 厌恶

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale厌yàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恶wù4th tone, falling

厌恶 in a sentence

  1. 我厌恶他。

    Wǒ yànwù tā.

    I loathe him.

    Sentence #1776814 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 萨米看到照片，立刻感到厌恶。

    Sàmǐ kàndào zhàopiàn, lìkè gǎndào yànwù.

    When Sami saw the photo, he immediately felt disgusted.

    Sentence #13110029 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 厌恶 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 厌 (yàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
厌yànto loathe; to be fed up with
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 犬dog · quǎnSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 犬 (quǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàn.

The character 恶 (è) with each of its parts in a different colour
恶wùto hate
  • 亚Asia · yàSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亚 (yà) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

How to write 厌恶

厌 6 strokes · 恶 10 strokes

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

Words related to 厌恶

Words with 厌

讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike

Words with 恶

恶劣èliè · vile恶心ěxin · to feel sick恶化èhuà · to worsen丑恶chǒu'è · ugly凶恶xiōng'è · fierce可恶kěwù · hateful

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame喜悦xǐyuè · joy虚荣xūróng · vanity压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)野心yěxīn · ambition疑惑yíhuò · doubt毅力yìlì · perseverance

FAQs

厌恶 (yànwù) means “to loathe” or “to detest”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yànwù: yàn with a 4th tone, then wù 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, 厌恶 is written 厭惡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 厌恶 from the suggestions. Typing yanwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
厌恶 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.