Chinese word dictionary

噩耗

èhào · news of sb's death; sad news

Word information

Simplified噩耗
Traditional噩耗
Pinyinèhào
Part of speech
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 噩耗

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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