HSK 6 · Media

声明 shēngmíng “statement” in Chinese

Traditional 聲明

What 声明 means

  1. statement
  2. to declare
  3. to announce
  4. to state
  5. declaration

Measure word 项 xiàng or 份 fèn · 一项声明 yí xiàng shēngmíng

How to say 声明

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale声shēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

声明 in a sentence

  1. 她承认我的声明是真实的。

    Tā chéngrèn wǒ de shēngmíng shì zhēnshí de.

    She acknowledged that my statement was true.

    Sentence #5405564 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这需要加免责声明吗？

    Zhè xūyào jiā miǎnzé shēngmíng ma?

    Does this need a disclaimer?

    Sentence #13833972 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 声明 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 声 (shēng) drawn as one shape
声shēngsound

声 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 聲, which has an ear 耳 at the bottom: a sound, a voice.

The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 声明

声 7 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 声明

Words with 声

声shēng · sound声音shēngyīn · sound声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)声势shēngshì · momentum声誉shēngyù · reputation鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

More words: Media & Arts

情节qíngjié · plot启事qǐshì · notice曲子qǔzi · tune散文sǎnwén · prose审美shěnměi · aesthetic时事shíshì · current affairs书法shūfǎ · calligraphy书籍shūjí · books

FAQs

声明 (shēngmíng) means “statement” or “to declare”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēngmíng: shēng with a 1st tone, then míng 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, 声明 is written 聲明. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng) or 份 (fèn). For example, one statement is 一项声明 (yí xiàng shēngmíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 声明 from the suggestions. Typing shengming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
声明 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.