喧 (xuān): noisy; loud and clamorous

Meanings

1 noisy; loud and clamorous
2 to make an uproar

Characters

喧

xuān

noisy; clamorous

Examples

锣鼓喧天，整条街都热闹起来。

Luógǔ xuāntiān, zhěng tiáo jiē dōu rènao qǐlái.

The drums and gongs were deafening; the whole street was buzzing.

图书馆里请安静，不要喧哗。

Túshūguǎn lǐ qǐng ānjìng, búyào xuānhuá.

Please keep quiet in the library; don't make noise.

结庐在人境，而无车马喧。

Jié lú zài rénjìng, ér wú chēmǎ xuān.

I built my cottage among people, yet hear no clamor of carriage or horse.

Tips

usage

Common in 喧哗 ('to make a racket'), 喧闹 ('noisy, boisterous') and 喧宾夺主 ('a noisy guest drowns out the host', i.e. the secondary overwhelms the main thing).

Components

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The mouth radical on the left marks this as a word about sound from voices: a clamor of many people talking loudly at once.

phonetic

宣 xuān

to declare; to proclaim

Supplies the sound on the right: 宣 xuān gives the reading directly. Its sense of 'proclaiming aloud' also faintly reinforces loud, public noise.

Stroke Order

喧 xuān

Related Words

喧哗 xuānhuá HSK 7-9 #25,574

noisy / clamorous / uproar

喧嚣 xuānxiāo #23,690

clamorous / noisy / tumultuous / boisterous

喧闹 xuānnào HSK 7-9 #18,400

noisy and bustling / boisterous / uproarious

喧宾夺主 xuānbīn-duózhǔ #45,005

for the guest to upstage the host / for a secondary element to overshadow the main one / to steal the spotlight

而无车马喧 ér wú chē mǎ xuān

yet no clatter of carts and horses / (of a quiet dwelling) unbothered by the noise of the world / (lit.) yet without cart-and-horse clamor

吵闹 chǎonào #9,290

noisy; loud; clamorous / to make a racket

发言 fāyán HSK 3 #4,941

to make a speech / to speak / statement

登场 dēngchǎng #5,053

to appear on stage / to enter the scene / to make an entrance

看出 kànchū HSK 5 #4,732

to make out; to see; to discern / to tell; to perceive

出价 chūjià #4,497

to bid / to make an offer / to quote a price