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xuān

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Definitions

  1. 1. to declare (publicly)
  2. 2. to announce

Example Sentences

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他們用電視 傳新產品。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13144797)

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Words Containing 宣

独立宣言
dú lì xuān yán

Declaration of Independence

照本宣科
zhào běn xuān kē

a wooden word-by-word reading

宣道
xuān dào

to preach (the gospel)

宣读
xuān dú

to read out loud to an audience

宣誓供词证明
xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng

affidavit

大外宣
dà wài xuān

(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)

宣布
xuān bù

to declare

宣誓就职
xuān shì jiù zhí

to swear the oath of office

唐宣宗
táng xuān zōng

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱[lǐ chén], reigned 846-859

武宣
wǔ xuān

Wuxuan county in Laibin 來賓|来宾[lái bīn], Guangxi

宣城
xuān chéng

Xuancheng, prefecture-level city in Anhui

广告宣传画
guǎng gào xuān chuán huà

placard; poster

宣示
xuān shì

to vow

宣恩
xuān ēn

Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

广告宣传
guǎng gào xuān chuán

advertising; publicity; promotion

宣泄
xuān xiè

to drain (by leading off water)

宣化区
xuān huà qū

Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei

共产党宣言
gòng chǎn dǎng xuān yán

Manifesto of the Communist Party

宣威
xuān wēi

Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

宣化
xuān huà

Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei

宣传画
xuān chuán huà

propaganda poster

宣州区
xuān zhōu qū

Xuanzhou district of Xuancheng city 宣城市[xuān chéng shì], Anhui

世界人权宣言
shì jiè rén quán xuān yán

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

宣布破产
xuān bù pò chǎn

to declare bankruptcy

宣明
xuān míng

to declare

宣誓
xuān shì

to swear an oath (of office)

明宣宗
míng xuān zōng

temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[xuān dé]

宣汉县
xuān hàn xiàn

Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan

不宣而战
bù xuān ér zhàn

open hostilities without declaring war

宣誓证言
xuān shì zhèng yán

sworn testimony

宣传攻势
xuān chuán gōng shì

marketing campaign

宣誓书
xuān shì shū

affidavit

宣威市
xuān wēi shì

Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

宣化县
xuān huà xiàn

Xuanhua county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei

宣讲
xuān jiǎng

to preach

单方宣告
dān fāng xuān gào

unilateral declaration

宣言
xuān yán

declaration

宣战
xuān zhàn

to declare war

武宣县
wǔ xuān xiàn

Wuxuan county in Laibin 來賓|来宾[lái bīn], Guangxi

宣告
xuān gào

to declare

宣传部
xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department

宣称
xuān chēng

to assert

文宣
wén xuān

promotional material

外宣
wài xuān

(another nation's) external propaganda

宣德
xuān dé

Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[zhū zhān jī] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[míng xuān zōng]

宣传册
xuān chuán cè

commercial brochure

宣介
xuān jiè

to promote

宣纸
xuān zhǐ

fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui

宣武门
xuān wǔ mén

Xuanwumen, Beijing

官宣
guān xuān

official announcement (neologism c. 2018)

周宣王
zhōu xuān wáng

King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)

宣传
xuān chuán

to disseminate

秘而不宣
mì ér bù xuān

to keep sth secret

宣认
xuān rèn

public declaration

汉宣帝
hàn xuān dì

Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC

中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China

反革命宣传煽动罪
fǎn gé mìng xuān chuán shān dòng zuì

the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda

广告宣传车
guǎng gào xuān chuán chē

mobile billboard

宣教
xuān jiào

to preach a religion

心照不宣
xīn zhào bù xuān

to have a tacit understanding

宣导
xuān dǎo

to advocate

宣统
xuān tǒng

reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪

宣汉
xuān hàn

Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan

宣判
xuān pàn

to deliver one's judgement

宣州
xuān zhōu

Xuanzhou district of Xuancheng city 宣城市[xuān chéng shì], Anhui

宣城市
xuān chéng shì

Xuancheng, prefecture-level city in Anhui

齐宣王
qí xuān wáng

King Xuan of Qi (reigned 342-324 BC)

宣武区
xuān wǔ qū

Xuanwu district of central Beijing

中共中央宣传部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù

Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

宣扬
xuān yáng

to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide

文宣部
wén xuān bù

propaganda department

宣恩县
xuān ēn xiàn

Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei