HSK 6 · Verbs

嚷 rǎng “to shout” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嚷 means

  1. to shout
  2. to yell
  3. to bellow
  4. to make a big deal of sth
  5. to make a fuss about sth

How to say 嚷

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale嚷rǎng3rd tone, dipping

嚷 in a sentence

  1. 别嚷了，孩子在睡觉。

    Bié rǎng le, háizi zài shuìjiào.

    Stop shouting, the baby’s asleep.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在外面大声嚷着什么。

    Tā zài wàimiàn dàshēng rǎng zhe shénme.

    He’s outside shouting something loudly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 嚷 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 嚷 (rǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
嚷rǎngto shout
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 襄to aid · xiāngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 襄 (xiāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with rǎng.

How to write 嚷

嚷 20 strokes

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

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

Words related to 嚷

More words: Thinking & Talking

倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively权衡quánhéng · to weigh up确信quèxìn · to be convinced区分qūfēn · to distinguish让步ràngbù · to concede饶恕ráoshù · to forgive认定rèndìng · to be convinced认可rènkě · to approve

FAQs

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