神话
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
神话 (shénhuà) · myth
神话 (shénhuà) means “myth; fairy tale; legend”. It is written with 2 characters: 神 (god) + 话 (words). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 神话 is built
The characters
神 shén · god
What 神 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 申shēn — to report
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 礻 gives the meaning, 申 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我喜欢听中国的神话故事。Wǒ xǐhuan tīng Zhōngguó de shénhuà gùshi.I like listening to Chinese myths.
这是一个很古老的神话。Zhè shì yī gè hěn gǔlǎo de shénhuà.This is a very old legend.
Questions about 神话
What does 神话 mean?
神话 (shénhuà) means “myth; fairy tale; legend”.
How do you pronounce 神话?
神话 is pronounced shénhuà.
Which HSK level is 神话?
神话 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 精神jīngshénspirit
- 神秘shénmìmysterious
- 出神chūshénlost in thought
- 聚精会神jùjīnghuìshénto concentrate fully
- 留神liúshénto be careful
- 神经shénjīngnerve
- 神奇shénqímagical
- 神气shénqìexpression
- 神圣shénshèngsacred
- 神态shéntàiexpression
Learn 神话 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.