嚷

rǎng
HSK 5
#2,251 most
frequent character
blurt out, to shout
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

嚷 rǎng pairs 口, a mouth, with 襄 xiāng, a sound part that is not close today. The mouth fits the first sense, 'to scream and shout,' which grew to 'to blurt out.'

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Example Sentences

他总是嚷嚷让我们安静。
tā zǒngshì rāngrang ràng wǒmen ānjìng 。
He always shouts at us to be quiet.
在学校里，孩子们喜欢嚷嚷。
zài xuéxiào lǐ ， háizǐ mén xǐhuān rāngrang 。
At school, the children like to shout.
他在比赛中嚷了出来。
tāzài bǐsài zhōng rǎng le chūlái 。
He blurted out during the competition.

Words with similar meanings

叫jiào
to call, to yell
A more general term that can refer to any kind of yelling or calling out, not necessarily in an urgent or loud manner.
吼hǒu
to roar, to shout
Conveys a sense of loudness and urgency, often associated with anger or excitement.

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