HSK 6 · Emotions

愤怒 fènnù “anger” in Chinese

Traditional 憤怒

What 愤怒 means

  1. anger
  2. angry
  3. furious
  4. indignant
  5. wrath
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • ire

How to say 愤怒

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale愤fèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怒nù4th tone, falling

愤怒 in a sentence

  1. 即使他道歉了，我还是很愤怒。

    Jíshǐ tā dàoqiàn le, wǒ háishi hěn fènnù.

    Even though he apologised, I’m still furious.

    Sentence #454663 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她的声音因愤怒而颤抖。

    Tā de shēngyīn yīn fènnù ér chàndǒu.

    Her voice was trembling with anger.

    Sentence #8877847 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 恐惧很快变成愤怒。

    Kǒngjù hěn kuài biànchéng fènnù.

    Fear quickly turned into anger.

    Sentence #5949245 from Tatoeba

How 愤怒 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 愤 (fèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
愤fènindignant
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 贲to forge ahead · bēnSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 贲 (bēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fèn.

The character 怒 (nù) with each of its parts in a different colour
怒nùanger
  • 奴slave · núSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 奴 (nú) hints at the sound. Compare it with nù.

How to write 愤怒

愤 12 strokes · 怒 9 strokes

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

Words related to 愤怒

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

丢人diūrén · to lose face恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges反感fǎngǎn · to dislike废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep服气fúqì · to be convinced尴尬gāngà · awkward干劲gànjìn · drive感慨gǎnkǎi · to sigh with emotion

FAQs

愤怒 (fènnù) means “anger” or “angry”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fènnù: fèn with a 4th tone, then nù 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, 愤怒 is written 憤怒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fennu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愤怒 from the suggestions. Typing fennu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愤怒 is an HSK 6 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.