Chinese symbol for “scandal”
丑闻
chǒu wén
Traditional: 醜聞
scandal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scandal is 丑闻 (chǒu wén), defined as: scandal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scandal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 弊案 | bì àn | scandal |
| 丑行 (醜行) | chǒu xíng | scandal |
| 诽闻 (誹聞) | fěi wén | scandal; gossip |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丑闻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑陋 (醜陋) | chǒu lòu | ugly |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 丑化 (醜化) | chǒu huà | to defame; to libel |
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 闻名 (聞名) | wén míng | well-known; famous |
| 新闻网 (新聞網) | xīn wén wǎng | news agency |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scandal”.
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.