HSK 6 · Adjectives

凶恶 xiōng'è “fierce” in Chinese

Traditional 兇惡

What 凶恶 means

  1. fierce
  2. ferocious
  3. vicious

How to say 凶恶

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale凶xiōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恶è4th tone, falling

凶恶 in a sentence

  1. 那只狗看起来很凶恶。

    Nà zhī gǒu kànqǐlai hěn xiōng'è.

    That dog looks very fierce.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的样子凶恶，其实人很好。

    Tā de yàngzi xiōng'è, qíshí rén hěn hǎo.

    He looks fierce, but he’s actually very nice.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 凶恶 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 凶 (xiōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凶xiōngterrible
  • 乂to govern · yì
  • 凵open box · kǎn
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.

How to write 凶恶

凶 4 strokes · 恶 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 凶恶

Words with 凶

凶手xiōngshǒu · murderer

Words with 恶

恶劣èliè · vile恶心ěxin · to feel sick恶化èhuà · to worsen丑恶chǒu'è · ugly可恶kěwù · hateful厌恶yànwù · to loathe

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兴旺xīngwàng · prosperous辛勤xīnqín · hardworking欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing新颖xīnyǐng · novel雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雄伟xióngwěi · majestic喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular细致xìzhì · careful

FAQs

凶恶 (xiōng’è) means “fierce” or “ferocious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiōng’è: xiōng with a 1st tone, then è 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, 凶恶 is written 兇惡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xionge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凶恶 from the suggestions. Typing xionge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凶恶 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.