HSK 6 · Media

偶像 ǒuxiàng “idol” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 偶像 means

  1. idol

How to say 偶像

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale偶ǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale像xiàng4th tone, falling

偶像 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆是一位青少年偶像。

    Tāngmǔ shì yí wèi qīngshàonián ǒuxiàng.

    Tom is a teen idol.

    Sentence #14037667 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 偶像 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 偶 (ǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
偶ǒuaccidental
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 禺district · yúSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with ǒu.

The character 像 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
像xiàngto resemble
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 象elephant · xiàngSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 象 (xiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàng.

How to write 偶像

偶 11 strokes · 像 13 strokes

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

Words related to 偶像

Words with 偶

偶尔ǒu'ěr · occasionally偶然ǒurán · incidentally配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse

Words with 像

像xiàng · be like好像hǎoxiàng · as if肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait不像话búxiànghuà · unreasonable

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FAQs

偶像 (ǒuxiàng) means “idol”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ǒuxiàng: ǒu with a 3rd tone, then xiàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 偶像 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ouxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 偶像 from the suggestions. Typing ouxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
偶像 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.