HSK 6 · Media

摇滚 yáogǔn “rock music” in Chinese

Traditional 搖滾

What 摇滚 means

  1. rock music
  2. rock and roll
  3. rock ’n’ roll (music)
  4. to rock

How to say 摇滚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale摇yáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale滚gǔn3rd tone, dipping

摇滚 in a sentence

  1. 我爱摇滚。

    Wǒ ài yáogǔn.

    I love rock music.

    Sentence #1531860 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我不喜欢摇滚乐。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan yáogǔnyuè.

    I don’t like rock music.

    Sentence #5617205 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你比较喜欢哪一个，摇滚乐还是古典音乐？

    Nǐ bǐjiào xǐhuan nǎ yí ge, yáogǔnyuè háishi gǔdiǎn yīnyuè?

    Which do you like better, rock music or classical music?

    Sentence #919711 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 摇滚 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 摇 (yáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
摇yáoto shake
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 䍃vase · yáoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 䍃 (yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáo.

The character 滚 (gǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
滚gǔnto boil
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 衮imperial robe · gǔnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 衮 (gǔn) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǔn.

How to write 摇滚

摇 13 strokes · 滚 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 摇滚

Words with 摇

摇yáo · to shake摇摆yáobǎi · to sway

Words with 滚

滚gǔn · to boil

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FAQs

摇滚 (yáogǔn) means “rock music” or “rock and roll”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yáogǔn: yáo with a 2nd tone, then gǔn with a 3rd 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, 摇滚 is written 搖滾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yaogun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 摇滚 from the suggestions. Typing yaogun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
摇滚 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.