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宣

xuān

HSK 5 Character

What 宣 means

1. to declare (publicly)
2. to announce

Other readings

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

• Xuānsurname Xuan

Example sentences

• 宣布停火了。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 已宣布停火。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 停火被宣布了。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 他被宣告破产。
  He was declared bankrupt.
• 卡神亲自官宣！
  James Cameron personally did the official promotion!
• 宣传由我来负责。
  Xuānchuán yóu wǒ lái fùzé.
  I'm in charge of the propaganda.

Words starting with 宣

• 宣传xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda
• 宣布xuān bùto declare; to announce; to proclaim
• 宣扬xuān yángto publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
• 宣誓xuān shìto swear an oath (of office); to make a vow
• 宣言xuān yándeclaration; manifesto
• 宣称xuān chēngto assert; to claim
• 宣告xuān gàoto declare; to proclaim
• 宣读xuān dúto read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
• 宣泄xuān xièto drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge
• 宣判xuān pànto deliver one's judgement; to give one's verdict
• 宣传部Xuān chuán bùPropaganda Department
• 宣战xuān zhànto declare war
• 宣讲xuān jiǎngto preach; to explain publicly
• 宣传画xuān chuán huàpropaganda poster; advertising hoarding
• 宣纸xuān zhǐfine writing paper, originally from Jing county 泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
• 宣统Xuān tǒngreign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥仪
• 宣示xuān shìto vow; to pledge
• 宣武门Xuān wǔ ménXuanwumen, Beijing
• 宣教xuān jiàoto preach a religion
• 宣导xuān dǎo(Taiwan) to educate the public; to raise awareness
• 宣德Xuān déXuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基
• 宣明xuān míngto declare
• 宣发xuān fāto promote; to publicize; to market
• 宣认xuān rènpublic declaration

Words containing 宣

• 中宣部Zhōng Xuān bùPublicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
• 心照不宣xīn zhào bù xuānto have a tacit understanding
• 独立宣言dú lì xuān yánDeclaration of Independence
• 外宣wài xuān(abbr. for 对外宣传; (another nation's) external propaganda
• 官宣guān xuānofficial announcement (neologism c. 2018)
• 文宣wén xuānpromotional material; propaganda
• 大外宣dà wài xuān(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)
• 文宣部wén xuān bùpropaganda department
• 不宣而战bù xuān ér zhànopen hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war
• 单方宣告dān fāng xuān gàounilateral declaration
• 广告宣传guǎng gào xuān chuánadvertising; publicity; promotion
• 照本宣科zhào běn xuān kēa wooden word-by-word reading
• 秘而不宣mì ér bù xuānto withhold information; to keep sth secret
• 广告宣传车guǎng gào xuān chuán chēmobile billboard
• 世界人权宣言Shì jiè Rén quán Xuān yánUniversal Declaration of Human Rights
• 周宣王Zhōu Xuān wángKing Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
• 明宣宗Míng Xuān zōngtemple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
• 共产党宣言Gòng chǎn dǎng Xuān yánManifesto of the Communist Party; "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and…
• 广告宣传画guǎng gào xuān chuán huàplacard; poster
• 中央宣传部Zhōng yāng Xuān chuán bùCentral Propaganda Department (abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
• 汉宣帝Hàn Xuān dìEmperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC
• 齐宣王Qí Xuān wángKing Xuan of Qi (reigned 342-324 BC)
• 武宣县Wǔ xuān XiànWuxuan, a county in Laibin City 来宾市
• 唐宣宗Táng Xuān zōngEmperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱

Characters built on 亘

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

• 垣yuánwall
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 烜xuǎnbrilliant
• 洹huánname of a river

Characters that look like 宣

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

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 宝bǎojewel; gem; treasure
• 宦huànimperial official; court eunuch

Sounds the same

Read xuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喧clamor; noise
• 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