侮 (wǔ): to insult, to ridicule, to disgrace
侮 (wǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “to insult.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 每 (structural). It ranks #2505 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to insult
- to ridicule
- to disgrace
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侮辱 | wǔ rǔ | to insult |
| 欺侮 | qī wǔ | to bully |
| 侮蔑 | wǔ miè | contempt |
| 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 | xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ | internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom) |
| 外侮 | wài wǔ | (literary) foreign aggression |
| 轻侮 | qīng wǔ | (literary) to treat with disrespect |
| 侮慢 | wǔ màn | to humiliate |
| 侮弄 | wǔ nòng | to mock |
| 戏侮 | xì wǔ | to insult |
| 侮骂 | wǔ mà | to scold |
侮 appears in 10 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 侮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这位老侮虽然年过八旬，但身体依然硬朗。
zhè wèi lǎo wǔ suī rán nián guò bā xún , dàn shēn tī yī rán yìng lǎng .
Though over eighty years old, this old man remains in robust health.
侮辱消费者是狗的罗技,CEO去年曾放话削减...
wǔ rǔ xiāo fèi zhě shì gǒu de luó jì , C E O qù nián céng fàng huà xiāo jiǎn . . .
Logitech, which insulted consumers by calling them "dogs," had its CEO announce last year that it would cut...
...女学生家教网谋职遭讽“来卖的” 她告公然侮辱结局反转
. . . nǚ xué shēng jiā jiào wǎng móu zhí zāo fěng lái mài de tā gào gōng rán wǔ rǔ jié jú fǎn zhuǎn
...Female Student Faces Ridicule as 'Prostitute' While Seeking Tutoring Jobs Online; She Sues for Public Insult, but the Outcome Takes an Unexpected Turn
...想月付3万打发”罹癌经纪人又被惹火:这是侮辱
. . . xiǎng yuè fù 3 wàn dǎ fā 罹 ái jīng jì rén yòu bèi rě huǒ : zhè shì wǔ rǔ
... I want to pay 30,000 yuan a month to send "the agent with cancer was angry again: this is an insult
汤姆没想侮辱谁。
Tāngmǔ méi xiǎng wǔrǔ shéi.
Tom didn't mean to insult anybody.
Character Family
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