HSK 5 · Adjectives

恶劣 èliè “vile” in Chinese

Traditional 惡劣

What 恶劣 means

  1. vile
  2. nasty
  3. of very poor quality

How to say 恶劣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恶è4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale劣liè4th tone, falling

恶劣 in a sentence

  1. 恶劣的天气。

    Èliè de tiānqì.

    What terrible weather.

    Sentence #910241 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 恶劣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 恶 (è) with each of its parts in a different colour
恶èevil
  • 亚Asia · yàSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亚 (yà) hints at the sound. Compare it with è.

The character 劣 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
劣lièinferior
  • 少few · shǎoMeaning part
  • 力strength · lìSound part

少 hints at the meaning (few); 力 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with liè.

How to write 恶劣

恶 10 strokes · 劣 6 strokes

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恶劣 (èliè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 恶劣 (èliè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 恶劣

Words with 恶

恶心ěxin · to feel sick恶化èhuà · to worsen丑恶chǒu'è · ugly凶恶xiōng'è · fierce可恶kěwù · hateful厌恶yànwù · to loathe

Words with 劣

优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

More words: Adjectives

调皮tiáopí · naughty独立dúlì · independent独特dútè · unique多余duōyú · superfluous发达fādá · well-developed繁荣fánróng · prosperous方fāng · square疯狂fēngkuáng · crazy

FAQs

恶劣 (èliè) means “vile” or “nasty”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it èliè: è with a 4th tone, then liè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 恶劣 is written 惡劣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type elie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恶劣 from the suggestions. Typing elie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恶劣 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.