谴 (qiǎn): to censure, to reprimand
谴 (qiǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to censure.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 遣 (phonetic). It ranks #2437 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谴 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to censure
- to reprimand
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谴责verb | qiǎn zé | to denounce |
| 谴责小说 | qiǎn zé xiǎo shuō | novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 魯迅|鲁迅 classification) |
| 自谴 | zì qiǎn | to blame oneself |
| 天谴noun | tiān qiǎn | the wrath of Heaven |
| 呵谴 | hē qiǎn | to reprimand |
| 谴呵 | qiǎn hē | variant of 譴訶|谴诃 |
| 诃谴 | hē qiǎn | variant of 呵譴|呵谴 |
| 谴诃 | qiǎn hē | to reprimand |
谴 appears in 8 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
请谴细阅读合同条款，再签字确认。
qǐng qiǎn xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .
Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.
行动党谴责以美空袭伊朗 促联合国安理会紧急开会推...
háng dòng dǎng qiǎn zé yǐ měi kōng xí yī lǎng cù lián gě guó ān lǐ huì jǐn jí kāi huì tuī . . .
DAP condemns US airstrikes on Iran and urges the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to push...
英法促降温 俄谴责违国际法
yīng fǎ cù jiàng wēn é qiǎn zé wéi guó jì fǎ
Britain and France urge cooling Russia condemns violations of international law
联合国秘书长谴责中东军事冲突升级
lián gě guó mì shū cháng qiǎn zé zhōng dōng jūn shì chōng tū shēng jí
The UN Secretary-General condemned the escalation of the military conflict in the Middle East
国台办喊查刘世芳外甥 陆委会发声谴责
guó tái bàn hǎn chá liú shì fāng wài shēng lù wěi huì fā shēng qiǎn zé
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council shouted to investigate Liu Shifang's nephew and the Mainland Affairs Council spoke out to condemn it
...使称以色列可占全中东 阿拉伯与穆斯林国家谴责
. . . shǐ chèn yǐ sè liè kě zhàn quán zhōng dōng ā lā bó yǔ mù sī lín guó jiā qiǎn zé
... Arab and Muslim countries condemned Israel's claim that Israel could occupy the entire Middle East
议员受到了议会道德委员会的谴责。
Yìyuán shòudào le yìhuì dàodé wěiyuánhuì de qiǎnzé.
The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.
谴责种族主义很重要，但光是谴责种族主义是不够的。
Qiǎnzé zhǒngzúzhǔyì hěn zhòngyào, dàn guāngshì qiǎnzé zhǒngzúzhǔyì shì bù gòu de.
It is important to condemn racism, but that alone is not enough.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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