Chinese word

煽动

Pronunciation

Pinyinshān dòng

Meaning

  • verbegg on

Example

别再煽动大家了。bié zài shān dòng dà jiā le

Stop egging everyone on.

Illustration for 煽动 (egg on)

More examples

网络上有人散布谣言，试图煽动群众情绪。wǎng luò shàng yǒu rén sàn bù yáo yán shì tú shān dòng qún zhòng qíng xù

Someone online is spreading rumors and trying to stir up emotions among the crowd.

Core concept

A deliberate fanning of other people's feelings or actions until they gain force and move in a more extreme direction.

Common phrases

  • 煽动群众shān dòng qún zhòng

    stir up the crowd

  • 煽动暴力shān dòng bào lì

    incite violence

Similar words

鼓动gǔ dòng: Encourage many people to take a particular action by stirring their emotions or views.
教唆jiào suō: Push someone to do something harmful or deeply wrong.
挑拨tiǎo bō: Turn people against one another by creating disagreement through words or actions.
煽风点火shān fēng dián huǒ: Intensify an existing conflict or emotion and cause the situation to grow worse.

Definition in Chinese

有意识地挑唆或引导他人采取激烈言行或参加集体行动，语义上含有诱导、助长他人情绪或行动的成分。yǒu yì shí dì tiǎo suō huò yín dǎo tā rén cái qǔ jī liè yán xíng huò cān jiā jí tǐ xíng dòng yǔ yì shàng hán yǒu yòu dǎo zhù zhǎng tā rén qíng xù huò xíng dòng de chéng fèn

Word origin

煽动 (shāndòng, "to fan and move") is formed from 煽 (shān, "to fan") + 动 (dòng, "to move"), extending the image of adding force to something until it moves people toward strong words or actions.

Usage tips

  • Using this verb about someone's conduct normally sounds accusatory, so it marks the speaker's judgment as well as the action.

Other meanings

  • inciteverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 煽动罪shān dòng zuìcrime of incitementnoun
  • 煽动者shān dòng zhěinciternoun

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