HSK 6 · Verbs

污蔑 wūmiè “to slander” in Chinese

Traditional 污衊

What 污蔑 means

  1. to slander
  2. to smear
  3. to tarnish

How to say 污蔑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale污wū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蔑miè4th tone, falling

污蔑 in a sentence

  1. 你不能随便污蔑别人。

    Nǐ bù néng suíbiàn wūmiè biéren.

    You can’t just go around smearing people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他说那篇文章是在污蔑他。

    Tā shuō nà piān wénzhāng shì zài wūmiè tā.

    He said the article was slandering him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 污蔑 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 污 (wū) with each of its parts in a different colour
污wūdirty
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 亏to lose · kuīSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 亏 (kuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wū.

The character 蔑 (miè) with each of its parts in a different colour
蔑mièto belittle
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 戍to garrison · shù

How to write 污蔑

污 6 strokes · 蔑 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 污蔑

Words with 污

污染wūrǎn · to pollute贪污tānwū · to embezzle

Words with 蔑

蔑视mièshì · to despise

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FAQs

污蔑 (wūmiè) means “to slander” or “to smear”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wūmiè: wū with a 1st tone, then miè with a 4th 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, 污蔑 is written 污衊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wumie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 污蔑 from the suggestions. Typing wumie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
污蔑 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.