丑闻 meaning in English

chǒuwén

scandal

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 醜聞13 strokes

Meaning of 丑闻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chǒuwén
  1. scandal

丑闻 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè是shì一yī件jiàn全quán国guó性xìng的de丑chǒu闻wén。
It was a national scandal.
这zhè则zé丑chǒu闻wén很hěn有yǒu可kě能néng会huì断duàn送sòng您nín的de选xuǎn举jǔ。
This scandal will likely ruin your chances of being elected.
事shì实shí上shàng,她tā和hé这zhè个ge丑chǒu闻wén没méi有yǒu任rèn何hé关guān系xì。
In point of fact, she had nothing to do with the scandal.
丑chǒu闻wén让ràng他tā付fù出chū了le失shī去qù声shēng誉yù的de代dài价jià。
That scandal cost him his reputation.
他tā承chéng认rèn自zì己jǐ与yǔ这zhè宗zōng丑chǒu闻wén有yǒu牵qiān连lián。
He admits being involved in the scandal.

Stroke order for each character

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丑 chǒu · shameful · 4 strokes

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闻 wén · to hear · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 丑闻.

新闻xīnwénnews
小丑xiǎochǒuclown
丑陋chǒulòuugly
传闻chuánwénrumor
出丑chūchǒuto make a fool of oneself
闻名wénmíngwell-known; famous
丑恶chǒu'èugly; repulsive
绯闻fēiwénsex scandal
骇人听闻hàiréntīngwénshocking; horrifying
默默无闻mòmò-wúwén(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
耳闻目睹ěrwén-mùdǔto witness personally
孤陋寡闻gūlòu-guǎwénignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded

Questions about 丑闻

What does 丑闻 mean?

丑闻 (chǒuwén) means "scandal" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 丑闻?

丑闻 is made of 2 characters: 丑 (4 strokes), 闻 (9 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 丑闻 an HSK word?

Yes. 丑闻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 丑闻 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 丑闻 is written 醜聞.