HSK 6 · Adjectives

剧烈 jùliè “violent” in Chinese

Traditional 劇烈

What 剧烈 means

  1. violent
  2. intense
  3. severe
  4. acute
  5. fierce

How to say 剧烈

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale烈liè4th tone, falling

剧烈 in a sentence

  1. 我感觉到自己的心在剧烈地跳动。

    Wǒ gǎnjué dào zìjǐ de xīn zài jùliè de tiàodòng.

    I could feel my heart beating violently.

    Sentence #526567 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 剧烈 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 剧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
剧jùtheatrical work
  • 居to live · jīSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

The character 烈 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
烈lièardent
  • 列a line · lièSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 列 (liè) hints at the sound. Compare it with liè.

How to write 剧烈

剧 10 strokes · 烈 10 strokes

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

Words related to 剧烈

Words with 剧

京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera戏剧xìjù · drama加剧jiājù · to intensify急剧jíjù · sharp剧本jùběn · script (for a play or film)

Words with 烈

激烈jīliè · (of competition or fighting) intense强烈qiángliè · strong热烈rèliè · enthusiastic猛烈měngliè · fierce壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits

More words: Adjectives

紧迫jǐnpò · urgent吉祥jíxiáng · lucky机智jīzhì · quick-witted倔强juéjiàng · stubborn举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role开阔kāikuò · wide开朗kāilǎng · cheerful开明kāimíng · enlightened

FAQs

剧烈 (jùliè) means “violent” or “intense”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jùliè: jù 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, 剧烈 is written 劇烈. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type julie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 剧烈 from the suggestions. Typing julie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
剧烈 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.