谤 (bàng) · to slander, to defame, to speak ill of

Meanings

1 to slander
2 to defame
3 to speak ill of

Characters

谤

bàng

to slander

Examples

HSK 7-9

他遭到对手的诽谤，名誉扫地。

Tā zāodào duìshǒu de fěibàng, míngyù sǎodì.

He was defamed by a rival and lost his reputation.

HSK 7-9

造谣谤人是违法的。

Zàoyáo bàng rén shì wéifǎ de.

Spreading rumors and slandering others is against the law.

Tips

usage

谤 appears mainly in 诽谤 ('to slander, defame') and 毁谤 ('to malign'). It refers to harming someone's reputation with false speech, and is a legal as well as everyday term.

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech; words

讠 is the left-side form of the speech radical 言. Slander is harm done through words, so the speech radical carries the core meaning.

phonetic

旁 páng

side

旁 supplies the sound (páng shifting to bàng). It contributes pronunciation only and no meaning here.

Stroke Order

谤 bàng

Related Words

诽谤 fěibàng HSK 7-9 #8,972

to slander / to defame / to libel

毁谤 huǐbàng #29,716

to slander / to libel / to malign / to defame

出口成章 chūkǒu-chéngzhāng HSK 7-9

to speak eloquently / every word is well-articulated / to speak in polished phrases

辩护 biànhù HSK 7-9 #2,459

to defend / to speak in defense of / to plead

病 bìng HSK 1 #826

illness; disease / to fall ill

发言 fāyán HSK 5 #4,941

to make a speech / to speak / statement

恶 wù #2,888

to hate; to loathe; to detest / to be ashamed of; to fear / to slander

恶意 èyì HSK 7-9 #5,665

malice / ill will / bad intention

百万 bǎiwàn #2,776

million / one million

病情 bìngqíng HSK 5 #5,100

patient's condition; state of an illness