HSK 6 · Adjectives

猛烈 měngliè “fierce” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 猛烈 means

  1. fierce
  2. violent
  3. vigorous
  4. intense

How to say 猛烈

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale猛měng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale烈liè4th tone, falling

猛烈 in a sentence

  1. 台风来了，风刮得很猛烈。

    Táifēng lái le, fēng guā de hěn měngliè.

    The typhoon has arrived, and the wind is blowing fiercely.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 海浪猛烈地拍打着岸边。

    Hǎilàng měngliè de pāidǎ zhe ànbiān.

    The waves pounded the shore.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 猛烈 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 猛 (měng) with each of its parts in a different colour
猛měngferocious
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 孟first in a series · mèngSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 孟 (mèng) hints at the sound. Compare it with měng.

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 猛烈

猛 11 strokes · 烈 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 猛烈

Words with 烈

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

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盲目mángmù · blind美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly渺小miǎoxiǎo · tiny名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name明智míngzhì · wise

FAQs

猛烈 (měngliè) means “fierce” or “violent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it měngliè: měng with a 3rd 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.
Yes. 猛烈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type menglie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 猛烈 from the suggestions. Typing menglie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
猛烈 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.