HSK 6 · Media

寓言 yùyán “fable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 寓言 means

  1. fable
  2. parable
  3. allegory

Measure word 则 zé · 一则寓言 yì zé yùyán

How to say 寓言

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寓yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale言yán2nd tone, rising

寓言 in a sentence

  1. 画龙点睛是一则寓言故事。

    Huàlóngdiǎnjīng shì yì zé yùyán gùshi.

    “Painting the dragon’s eyes” (huàlóngdiǎnjīng) is a fable.

    Sentence #10041979 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 寓言 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 寓 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
寓yùto reside; to inhabit
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 禺district · yúSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 言 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
言yánwords
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 二two · èr
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 寓言

寓 12 strokes · 言 7 strokes

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

Words related to 寓言

Words with 寓

公寓gōngyù · apartment building

Words with 言

语言yǔyán · language发言fāyán · to make a speech预言yùyán · to predict方言fāngyán · dialect言论yánlùn · speech谣言yáoyán · rumour序言xùyán · preface不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

More words: Media & Arts

演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)摇滚yáogǔn · rock music乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music舆论yúlùn · public opinion杂技zájì · acrobatics造型zàoxíng · shape直播zhíbō · live broadcast传记zhuànjì · biography

FAQs

寓言 (yùyán) means “fable” or “parable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùyán: yù with a 4th tone, then yán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 寓言 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 则 (zé). For example, one fable is 一则寓言 (yì zé yùyán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寓言 from the suggestions. Typing yuyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寓言 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.