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声誉

shēng yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 聲譽

声誉 (shēng yù) means "reputation; fame". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 声誉 means

1. reputation
2. fame

The characters in 声誉

• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 誉yùto praise; to acclaim; reputation

Example sentences

• 维持一个人的声誉是很难的。
  Wéichí yīgèrén de shēngyù shì hěn nán de.
  It's hard to maintain one's reputation.
• 丑闻让他付出了失去声誉的代价。
  Chǒuwén ràng tā fùchū le shīqù shēngyù de dàijià.
  That scandal cost him his reputation.

Sounds the same

Read shēng yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生育to give birth to; to bear; fertility

Where 声誉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shèng–shí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēng yù correctly.
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