Chinese symbol for “publicize”
宣扬
xuān yáng
Traditional: 宣揚
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for publicize is 宣扬 (xuān yáng), defined as: to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “publicize”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广播 (廣播) | guǎng bō | broadcast; 个 (gè) |
| 宣发 (宣發) | xuān fā | to promote; to publicize; to market |
| 宣介 | xuān jiè | to promote; to publicize |
| 揄扬 (揄揚) | yú yáng | to praise; to extol |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宣扬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | declaration; manifesto |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | to declare; to proclaim |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 赞扬 (讚揚) | zàn yáng | to praise; to approve of |
| 弘扬 (弘揚) | hóng yáng | to enhance; to promote |
| 发扬 (發揚) | fā yáng | to develop; to make full use of |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.