凶 xiōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 凵 container 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
凶狠
xiōnghěn
ruthless; fierce; savage
Characters in this word
狠 hěn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 谈判桌上，他的措辞凶狠，却没有提出任何可执行的方案。 Tánpànzhuō shàng, tā de cuòcí xiōnghěn, què méiyǒu tíchū rènhé kě zhíxíng de fāng'àn. At the negotiating table, his wording was ruthless, yet he put forward no executable plan.
- 那场篮球比赛里他的进攻凶狠，让对手难以招架。 Nà chǎng lánqiú bǐsài lǐ tā de jìngōng xiōnghěn, ràng duìshǒu nányǐ zhāojià. In that basketball game his attack was fierce and the opponent could hardly hold up against it.
- 台风来势凶狠，渔民提前把小船拖上了岸。 Táifēng láishì xiōnghěn, yúmín tíqián bǎ xiǎochuán tuō shàngle àn. The typhoon came on fiercely, so the fishermen dragged their small boats ashore in advance.
Related words
- 凶 xiōng fierce; ominous; violent
- 凶残 xiōngcán cruel; brutal; savage
- 凶恶 xiōng'è vicious; ferocious; evil-looking
- 凶猛 xiōngměng fierce; violent; ferocious
- 凶手 xiōngshǒu murderer; culprit
- 狠 hěn fierce, cruel; to harden one’s heart; fiercely
- 邪恶 xié'è evil; wicked
- 一毛不拔 yìmáobùbá stingy; unwilling to spend even a penny
- 邪 xié evil; irregular; heretical
- 损人利己 sǔnrénlìjǐ to harm others for one's own benefit
- 小人 xiǎorén petty person; mean person; villain
- 颓废 tuífèi decadent; dispirited; dejected