HSK 6 · Emotions

诱惑 yòuhuò “to tempt” in Chinese

Traditional 誘惑

What 诱惑 means

  1. to tempt
  2. temptation
  3. to lure
  4. to entice
  5. to induce
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to attract

How to say 诱惑

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诱yòu4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惑huò4th tone, falling

诱惑 in a sentence

  1. 我抵抗不了甜食的诱惑。

    Wǒ dǐkàng bu liǎo tiánshí de yòuhuò.

    I can’t resist sweet things.

    Sentence #8692947 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大城市有很多诱惑。

    Dà chéngshì yǒu hěn duō yòuhuò.

    Big cities are full of temptations.

    Sentence #1479340 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她屈服于诱惑了。

    Tā qūfú yú yòuhuò le.

    She gave in to temptation.

    Sentence #805560 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 诱惑 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 诱 (yòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
诱yòuto induce; to entice
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 秀elegant · xiù
The character 惑 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
惑huòto confuse
  • 或or · huò
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 诱惑

诱 9 strokes · 惑 12 strokes

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

Words related to 诱惑

Words with 惑

迷惑míhuò · to confuse疑惑yíhuò · doubt

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

野心yěxīn · ambition疑惑yíhuò · doubt毅力yìlì · perseverance意志yìzhì · will忧郁yōuyù · melancholy冤枉yuānwang · to wrong (someone)欲望yùwàng · desire在意zàiyì · to care about

FAQs

诱惑 (yòuhuò) means “to tempt” or “temptation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yòuhuò: yòu with a 4th tone, then huò 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, 诱惑 is written 誘惑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诱惑 from the suggestions. Typing youhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诱惑 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.