HSK 6 · Media

悬念 xuánniàn “suspense” in Chinese

Traditional 懸念

What 悬念 means

  1. suspense
  2. suspense in a movie, play etc
  3. concern for sb’s welfare

How to say 悬念

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale悬xuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale念niàn4th tone, falling

悬念 in a sentence

  1. 这部电视剧每一集都留下悬念。

    Zhè bù diànshìjù měi yì jí dōu liúxia xuánniàn.

    Every episode of this TV series ends on a cliffhanger.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 比赛结果已经没有悬念了。

    Bǐsài jiéguǒ yǐjīng méiyǒu xuánniàn le.

    The outcome of the match is no longer in doubt.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 悬念 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 悬 (xuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
悬xuánto hang or suspend
  • 县county · xiàn
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 念 (niàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
念niànto read
  • 今modern · jīn
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 悬念

悬 11 strokes · 念 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 悬念

Words with 悬

悬挂xuánguà · to hang悬殊xuánshū · very different悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff

Words with 念

念niàn · to read aloud观念guānniàn · notion纪念jìniàn · to commemorate想念xiǎngniàn · to miss怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of概念gàiniàn · concept留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento思念sīniàn · to miss信念xìnniàn · belief

More words: Media & Arts

相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait绣xiù · to embroider旋律xuánlǜ · melody序言xùyán · preface演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)摇滚yáogǔn · rock music乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music

FAQs

悬念 (xuánniàn) means “suspense” or “suspense in a movie, play etc”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuánniàn: xuán with a 2nd tone, then niàn 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, 悬念 is written 懸念. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuannian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 悬念 from the suggestions. Typing xuannian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
悬念 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.