HSK 6 · Society

诬陷 wūxiàn “to frame” in Chinese

Traditional 誣陷

What 诬陷 means

  1. to frame
  2. to falsely accuse
  3. to entrap
  4. to plant false evidence against sb

How to say 诬陷

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale诬wū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale陷xiàn4th tone, falling

诬陷 in a sentence

  1. 他被妻子诬陷了。

    Tā bèi qīzi wūxiàn le.

    He was framed by his wife.

    Sentence #4759986 from Tatoeba

How 诬陷 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 诬 (wū) with each of its parts in a different colour
诬wūto accuse falsely
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 巫wizard · wū
The character 陷 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
陷xiànpitfall
  • 阝place
  • 臽pit · xiàn

How to write 诬陷

诬 9 strokes · 陷 10 strokes

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

Words related to 诬陷

Words with 陷

陷入xiànrù · to fall into陷害xiànhài · to frame缺陷quēxiàn · defect陷阱xiànjǐng · trap

More words: Society & Law

团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group违背wéibèi · to go against伪造wěizào · to forge武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution陷害xiànhài · to frame嫌疑xiányí · suspicion

FAQs

诬陷 (wūxiàn) means “to frame” or “to falsely accuse”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wūxiàn: wū with a 1st tone, then xiàn 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, 诬陷 is written 誣陷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诬陷 from the suggestions. Typing wuxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诬陷 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.