HSK 6 · Adjectives

愚昧 yúmèi “ignorant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 愚昧 means

  1. ignorant
  2. unenlightened
  3. uneducated
  4. ignorance

How to say 愚昧

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale愚yú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale昧mèi4th tone, falling

愚昧 in a sentence

  1. 愚昧始终是危险的。

    Yúmèi shǐzhōng shì wēixiǎn de.

    Ignorance is always dangerous.

    Sentence #11698196 from Tatoeba

How 愚昧 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 愚 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
愚yúto be stupid
  • 禺district · yúSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yú.

The character 昧 (mèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
昧mèito conceal
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 未part of the characterSound part

How to write 愚昧

愚 13 strokes · 昧 9 strokes

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

Words related to 愚昧

Words with 愚

愚蠢yúchǔn · stupid

Words with 昧

暧昧àimèi · ambiguous

More words: Adjectives

幼稚yòuzhì · childish圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory原始yuánshǐ · original愚蠢yúchǔn · stupid斩钉截铁zhǎndīngjiétiě · resolute and decisive崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbó · full of vigour扎实zhāshi · solid

FAQs

愚昧 (yúmèi) means “ignorant” or “unenlightened”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yúmèi: yú with a 2nd tone, then mèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 愚昧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yumei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愚昧 from the suggestions. Typing yumei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愚昧 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.