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侮

wǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 侮 means

1. to insult
2. to ridicule
3. to disgrace

Example sentences

• 他侮辱她。
  Tā wǔrǔ tā.
  He insulted her.
• 她侮辱了他。
  She insulted him.
• 汤姆没想侮辱谁。
  Tom didn't mean to insult anybody.
• 限制非母语人士可提供的英文例句数量，是在侮辱他们的智力，和对合作专案做出的巨大努力。
  Placing a restriction on the number of example sentences that non-native speakers can offer in English is an affront to their intelligence and the significant efforts they make to contribute to this collaborative project.

Words starting with 侮

• 侮辱wǔ rǔto insult; to humiliate; dishonor
• 侮弄wǔ nòngto mock; to bully and insult
• 侮慢wǔ mànto humiliate; to bully
• 侮骂wǔ màto scold; to abuse
• 侮蔑wǔ miècontempt; to despise

Words containing 侮

• 欺侮qī wǔto bully
• 外侮wài wǔ(literary) foreign aggression; external threat; humiliation inflicted by outsiders
• 戏侮xì wǔto insult
• 轻侮qīng wǔ(literary) to treat with disrespect
• 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔinternal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

Characters that look like 侮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 俺ǎnI (northern dialects)
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Sounds the same

Read wǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 五five; 5
• 午7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…
• 舞to dance; to wield; to brandish
• 武martial; military
• 伍squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 捂to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 鹉used in 鹦鹉
• 妩used in 妩媚
• 忤disobedient; unfilial
• 碔inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 仵equal; well-matched; to violate
• 牾to oppose; to gore