Dictionary › 辱

辱

rǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 辱 means

1. disgrace
2. dishonor
3. to insult
4. to bring disgrace or humiliation to
5. to be indebted to
6. self-deprecating
7. Taiwan pr. rù

Example sentences

• 他侮辱她。
  Tā wǔrǔ tā.
  He insulted her.
• 她侮辱了他。
  She insulted him.
• 那是一个耻辱。
  Nàshi yī gè chǐrǔ.
  That's a shame.
• 汤姆没想侮辱谁。
  Tom didn't mean to insult anybody.
• 我不是想要羞辱你。
  Wǒ bù shì xiǎng yào xiūrǔ nǐ.
  I didn't want to humiliate you.
• 我觉得士可杀不可辱。
  I think death is preferable to shame.

Words starting with 辱

• 辱骂rǔ màto insult; to revile; abuse
• 辱华rǔ Huáto insult China (by criticizing its policies or boycotting its goods)

Words containing 辱

• 侮辱wǔ rǔto insult; to humiliate; dishonor
• 耻辱chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame; humiliation
• 屈辱qū rǔto humiliate; humiliating
• 羞辱xiū rǔto humiliate; to shame; humiliation
• 污辱wū rǔto humiliate; to insult; to tarnish
• 凌辱líng rǔto insult; to humiliate; to bully
• 受辱shòu rǔinsulted; humiliated; disgraced
• 荣辱róng rǔhonor and disgrace; reputation
• 忍辱负重rěn rǔ fù zhòngto endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
• 刑辱xíng rǔto humiliate by torture
• 折辱zhé rǔ(literary) to humiliate; to demean
• 淫辱yín rǔfornication and insults; to rape and insult
• 荣辱观róng rǔ guānprecepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful…
• 丧权辱国sàng quán rǔ guóto forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)…
• 忍辱偷生rěn rǔ tōu shēngto bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
• 忍辱求全rěn rǔ qiú quánto endure humiliation to preserve unity
• 荣辱与共róng rǔ yǔ gòng(of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
• 自取其辱zì qǔ qí rǔ(idiom) to embarrass oneself
• 欺辱qī rǔto humiliate; humiliation
• 点名羞辱diǎn míng xiū rǔto attack publicly; to stage a denunciation campaign
• 荡妇羞辱dàng fù xiū rǔto slut-shame
• 奇耻大辱qí chǐ dà rǔ(idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
• 含垢忍辱hán gòu rěn rǔ(idiom) to bear shame and humiliation
• 玷辱diàn rǔto dishonor; to disgrace

Characters built on 寸

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

• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 尃fūto state to, to announce

Characters that look like 辱

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

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 娶qǔto take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read rǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乳(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
• 汝thou
• 擩to stain; to dye
• 女old variant of 汝