HSK 6 · Society

虐待 nüèdài “to abuse” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 虐待 means

  1. to abuse
  2. to mistreat
  3. to maltreat
  4. mistreatment
  5. maltreatment

How to say 虐待

    虐待 in a sentence

    1. 保护动物不受虐待。

      Bǎohù dòngwù bú shòu nüèdài.

      Protect animals from cruelty.

      Sentence #12568672 from Tatoeba

    2. 他受到严重的虐待。

      Tā shòudào yánzhòng de nüèdài.

      He was severely mistreated.

      Sentence #862664 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 坏孩子们喜欢虐待动物。

      Huài háizimen xǐhuan nüèdài dòngwù.

      Naughty children like to torment animals.

      Sentence #1788020 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 虐待 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 虐 (nüè) with each of its parts in a different colour
    虐nüèbrutal; oppressive; harsh
    • 虍tiger · hū
    • 彐snout · jì
    The character 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
    待dàito wait
    • 彳step · chì
    • 寺court · sì

    How to write 虐待

    虐 9 strokes · 待 9 strokes

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    虐待 (nüèdài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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    Words related to 虐待

    Words with 待

    待dāi · to stay接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)等待děngdài · to wait对待duìdài · to treat招待zhāodài · to hold a reception期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment看待kàndài · to regard款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly

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    FAQs

    虐待 (nüèdài) means “to abuse” or “to mistreat”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it nüèdài: nüèdài. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 虐待 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuedai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 虐待 from the suggestions. Typing nuedai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    虐待 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.