HSK 6 · Adjectives

野蛮 yěmán “barbaric” in Chinese

Traditional 野蠻

What 野蛮 means

  1. barbaric
  2. uncivilised
  3. brutal
  4. barbarous

How to say 野蛮

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale野yě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale蛮mán2nd tone, rising

野蛮 in a sentence

  1. 快递员野蛮装卸，把箱子摔坏了。

    Kuàidìyuán yěmán zhuāngxiè, bǎ xiāngzi shuāihuài le.

    The courier handled the boxes roughly and damaged one.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在公共场所大声吵架是很不文明的，甚至有点儿野蛮。

    Zài gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ dàshēng chǎojià shì hěn bù wénmíng de, shènzhì yǒudiǎnr yěmán.

    Arguing loudly in public is bad manners, even a bit uncivilised.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 野蛮 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 野 (yě) with each of its parts in a different colour
野yěfield
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part
  • 予to give · yúSound part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yě.

The character 蛮 (mán) with each of its parts in a different colour
蛮mánbarbarian
  • 亦also · yì
  • 虫insect · chóng

How to write 野蛮

野 11 strokes · 蛮 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 野蛮

Words with 野

野心yěxīn · ambition田野tiányě · fields视野shìyě · field of vision

More words: Adjectives

严密yánmì · tight耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling遥远yáoyuǎn · distant鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns异常yìcháng · abnormal一贯yíguàn · consistent一流yìliú · first-class一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance

FAQs

野蛮 (yěmán) means “barbaric” or “uncivilised”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yěmán: yě with a 3rd tone, then mán 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, 野蛮 is written 野蠻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yeman with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 野蛮 from the suggestions. Typing yeman into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
野蛮 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.