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喧

xuān

HSK 6 Character

What 喧 means

1. clamor
2. noise

Other readings

喧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xuānvariant of {喧|xuān}; old variant of {谖|xuān}

Example sentences

• 为何大声喧嚷？
  Wèihé dàshēng xuān rǎng?
  Why are you speaking loudly?
• 如今，世界各地的人都选择从小农村里搬出去，搬到一个喧闹的大城市里去住。
  Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities.
• 人生如梦，如影随形，像个蹩脚的演员，在舞台上虚张声势、矫揉造作一小时，然后便销声匿迹。人生如白痴讲的故事，喧嚣吵杂，却毫无意义。
  Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Words starting with 喧

• 喧嚣xuān xiāoto clamor; to make noise
• 喧闹xuān nàoto make a noise; noisy
• 喧哗xuān huáhubbub; clamor; to make a racket
• 喧扰xuān rǎoto disturb by noise
• 喧腾xuān téngto make a tumult; hubbub; uproar
• 喧呼xuān hūto shout loudly; to bawl; to vociferate
• 喧宾夺主xuān bīn duó zhǔlit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)…
• 喧哗与骚动Xuān huá yǔ Sāo dòngThe Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·威廉·福克纳

Characters built on 宣

These share the phonetic component 宣 (xuān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 渲xuànwash (color)
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 暄xuāngenial and warm
• 瑄xuānornamental piece of jade
• 煊xuānvariant of 暄
• 楦xuàn(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 揎xuānto roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm

Characters that look like 喧

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

• 嗜shì(bound form) to have a strong liking for; to be addicted to
• 嗦suōto suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 啃kěnto gnaw; to nibble; to bite
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts

Sounds the same

Read xuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宣to declare (publicly); to announce
• 暄genial and warm
• 轩pavilion with a view; high; tall
• 萱orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 瑄ornamental piece of jade
• 揎to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm
• 儇(literary) ingenious; (literary) frivolous
• 愃well-being
• 晅light of the sun; to dry in the sun
• 箮bamboo flower; flowering bamboo
• 翾flirtatious; short flight
• 蓒a kind of smelly water plant