HSK 6 · Society

陷害 xiànhài “to frame” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 陷害 means

  1. to frame
  2. to set up
  3. to entrap
  4. to frame (up)
  5. to make false charges against

How to say 陷害

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale陷xiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale害hài4th tone, falling

陷害 in a sentence

  1. 他被同事陷害了，丢了工作。

    Tā bèi tóngshì xiànhài le, diū le gōngzuò.

    He was set up by a colleague and lost his job.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我没有做这件事，有人陷害我。

    Wǒ méiyǒu zuò zhè jiàn shì, yǒurén xiànhài wǒ.

    I didn’t do it. Someone has framed me.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陷害 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 陷 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
陷xiànpitfall
  • 阝place
  • 臽pit · xiàn
The character 害 (hài) with each of its parts in a different colour
害hàito do harm to
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 丰abundant · fēng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 陷害

陷 10 strokes · 害 10 strokes

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

Words related to 陷害

Words with 陷

陷入xiànrù · to fall into诬陷wūxiàn · to frame缺陷quēxiàn · defect陷阱xiànjǐng · trap

Words with 害

害怕hàipà · afraid of厉害lìhai · impressive害羞hàixiū · shy伤害shānghài · to hurt危害wēihài · to harm灾害zāihài · calamity利害lìhai · terrible迫害pòhài · to persecute

More words: Society & Law

伪造wěizào · to forge诬陷wūxiàn · to frame武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution嫌疑xiányí · suspicion消防xiāofáng · firefighting协会xiéhuì · association袭击xíjī · to attack

FAQs

陷害 (xiànhài) means “to frame” or “to set up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiànhài: xiàn with a 4th tone, then hài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 陷害 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianhai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陷害 from the suggestions. Typing xianhai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陷害 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.