# 丑闻 (chǒuwén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 丑闻 (chǒuwén) means “scandal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: scandal
- Pinyin: chǒuwén (chou3 wen2)
- Traditional: 醜聞
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这件丑闻震惊了整个行业。
  Zhè jiàn chǒuwén zhènjīng le zhěnggè hángyè.
  This scandal shocked the entire industry.

## Characters

- [丑](https://hanziro.com/word/chou-ugly/) (chǒu): ugly; shameful
- [闻](https://hanziro.com/word/wen-hear/) (wén): to hear; news

https://hanziro.com/word/chou-wen-scandal/

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