HSK 6 · Society

谴责 qiǎnzé “to condemn” in Chinese

Traditional 譴責

What 谴责 means

  1. to condemn
  2. to denounce
  3. to criticise
  4. condemnation
  5. criticism

How to say 谴责

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale谴qiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale责zé2nd tone, rising

谴责 in a sentence

  1. 议员受到了议会道德委员会的谴责。

    Yìyuán shòudào le yìhuì dàodé wěiyuánhuì de qiǎnzé.

    The MP was censured by the parliament’s ethics committee.

    Sentence #812281 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 谴责 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 谴 (qiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
谴qiǎnto censure
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 遣to send · qiǎnSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 遣 (qiǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiǎn.

The character 责 (zé) with each of its parts in a different colour
责zéduty
  • 龶part of the character
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 谴责

谴 15 strokes · 责 8 strokes

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

Words related to 谴责

Words with 责

负责fùzé · to be in charge of责任zérèn · responsibility责备zébèi · to blame责怪zéguài · to blame指责zhǐzé · to criticise

More words: Society & Law

判决pànjué · verdict迫害pòhài · to persecute抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob强制qiángzhì · compulsory侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe情报qíngbào · intelligence歧视qíshì · to discriminate against权威quánwēi · authority

FAQs

谴责 (qiǎnzé) means “to condemn” or “to denounce”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiǎnzé: qiǎn with a 3rd tone, then zé with a 2nd 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, 谴责 is written 譴責. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianze with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 谴责 from the suggestions. Typing qianze into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
谴责 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.