HSK 6 · Media

内幕 nèimù “inside story” in Chinese

Traditional 內幕

What 内幕 means

  1. inside story
  2. behind the scenes
  3. non-public information
  4. internal

How to say 内幕

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale内nèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幕mù4th tone, falling

内幕 in a sentence

  1. 记者发现了这件事的内幕。

    Jìzhě fāxiàn le zhè jiàn shì de nèimù.

    The journalist uncovered the inside story.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他好像知道一些内幕消息。

    Tā hǎoxiàng zhīdao yìxiē nèimù xiāoxi.

    He seems to know some inside information.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 内幕 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 内 (nèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
内nèiinside
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 人person · rén
The character 幕 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
幕mùcurtain or screen
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part
  • 巾napkin · jīnMeaning part

巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mù.

How to write 内幕

内 4 strokes · 幕 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 内幕

Words with 内

内nèi · inside内容nèiróng · content内科nèikē · internal medicine内部nèibù · inside内在nèizài · inner内涵nèihán · connotation

Words with 幕

字幕zìmù · caption开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony屏幕píngmù · screen (TV

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漫画mànhuà · comic媒介méijiè · medium谜语míyǔ · riddle魔术móshù · magic偶像ǒuxiàng · idol排练páiliàn · to rehearse情节qíngjié · plot启事qǐshì · notice

FAQs

内幕 (nèimù) means “inside story” or “behind the scenes”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nèimù: nèi with a 4th tone, then mù 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, 内幕 is written 內幕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type neimu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 内幕 from the suggestions. Typing neimu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
内幕 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.