谤

bàng

to slander

to defame; to speak ill of

speech (讠) + sound bàng (旁) = words that cut down others

The speech radical (讠) carries the meaning: words used to harm. 旁 mainly contributes the sound bàng and does not add meaning here.

讠+旁→谤
旁SidePhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

他故意诽谤同事,说了很多假话。

tā gù yì fěi bàng tóng shì,shuō le hěn duō jiǎ huà。

He deliberately slandered his colleague and said many lies.

用毁谤的方式打败对手是不道德的。

yòng huǐ bàng de fāng shì dǎ bài duì shǒu shì bù dào dé de。

Using defamation to defeat an opponent is immoral.

Words with 谤

毁谤

huǐ bàng

slander

诽谤

fěi bàng

to slander

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