HSK 6 · Verbs

喧哗 xuānhuá “to make a loud noise” in Chinese

Traditional 喧嘩

What 喧哗 means

  1. to make a loud noise
  2. to create a commotion
  3. hubbub
  4. clamour
  5. to make a racket

How to say 喧哗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale喧xuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale哗huá2nd tone, rising

喧哗 in a sentence

  1. 图书馆里请勿喧哗。

    Túshūguǎn lǐ qǐngwù xuānhuá.

    Please keep quiet in the library.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 外面一阵喧哗，大家都跑出去看。

    Wàimiàn yízhèn xuānhuá, dàjiā dōu pǎo chūqu kàn.

    There was a commotion outside and everyone ran out to look.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 喧哗 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 喧 (xuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
喧xuānclamour
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 宣to proclaim · xuānSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 宣 (xuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuān.

The character 哗 (huá) with each of its parts in a different colour
哗huáclamour
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 华flowery · huāSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 华 (huā) hints at the sound. Compare it with huá.

How to write 喧哗

喧 12 strokes · 哗 9 strokes

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

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FAQs

喧哗 (xuānhuá) means “to make a loud noise” or “to create a commotion”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuānhuá: xuān with a 1st tone, then huá 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, 喧哗 is written 喧嘩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 喧哗 from the suggestions. Typing xuanhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
喧哗 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.