HSK 6 · Emotions

可恶 kěwù “hateful” in Chinese

Traditional 可惡

What 可恶 means

  1. hateful
  2. detestable
  3. abominable
  4. repulsive
  5. vile

How to say 可恶

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale可kě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恶wù4th tone, falling

可恶 in a sentence

  1. 可恶，家的钥匙到底放哪去了？

    Kěwù, jiā de yàoshi dàodǐ fàng nǎ qù le?

    Damn, where on earth did I put my house keys?

    Sentence #10273865 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 可恶 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 可 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
可kěcan; may; able to; -able
  • 丁part of the characterMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

Memory aidPicture a mouth 口 saying yes: can, may.

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

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

How to write 可恶

可 5 strokes · 恶 10 strokes

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

Words related to 可恶

Words with 可

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe可kě · but可爱kě'ài · cute可怜kělián · pitiful可惜kěxī · it is a pity可是kěshì · but可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

Words with 恶

恶劣èliè · vile恶心ěxin · to feel sick恶化èhuà · to worsen丑恶chǒu'è · ugly凶恶xiōng'è · fierce厌恶yànwù · to loathe

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绝望juéwàng · to despair沮丧jǔsàng · dejected拘束jūshù · ill at ease渴望kěwàng · to long for克制kèzhì · to restrain恐怖kǒngbù · terror恐惧kǒngjù · fear空虚kōngxū · empty

FAQs

可恶 (kěwù) means “hateful” or “detestable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěwù: kě with a 3rd tone, then wù 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, 可恶 is written 可惡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kewu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 可恶 from the suggestions. Typing kewu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
可恶 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.