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怂恿

sǒng yǒng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 慫恿

怂恿 (sǒng yǒng) means "to instigate; to incite; to urge; to encourage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 怂恿 means

1. to instigate; to incite; to urge; to encourage

The characters in 怂恿

• 怂sǒngused in 怂恿; (literary) terrified
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿

Example sentences

• 广告怂恿我们买奢侈品。
  Guǎnggào sǒngyǒng wǒmen mǎi shēchǐpǐn.
  Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sǒng yǒng correctly.
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