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凶

xiōng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 兇

What 凶 means

1. terrible
2. fearful

Other readings

凶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiōngvicious; fierce; ominous

Example sentences

• 他很凶。
  He is mean.
• 凶手还没有抓到。
  The murderer is still at large.
• 别对孩子们这幺凶。
  Don't be so sharp with the children.
• 她确认他是杀人凶手。
  Tā quèrèn tā shì shārén xiōngshǒu.
  She identified him as the murderer.
• 凶手承认了自己的犯罪。
  Xiōngshǒu chéngrèn le zìjǐ de fànzuì.
  The murderer confessed his crime.
• 园丁后来发现就是凶手。
  Yuándīng hòulái fāxiàn jiù shì xiōngshǒu.
  The gardener turned out to be the murderer.

Words starting with 凶

• 凶手xiōng shǒumurderer; assassin
• 凶恶xiōng èfierce; ferocious; fiendish
• 凶猛xiōng měngfierce; violent; ferocious
• 凶狠xiōng hěncruel; vicious; fierce and malicious
• 凶残xiōng cánsavage; cruel; fierce
• 凶器xiōng qìlethal weapon; murder weapon
• 凶杀xiōng shāto murder; assassination
• 凶险xiōng xiǎndangerous; ruthless; treacherous
• 凶杀案xiōng shā ànmurder case
• 凶神恶煞xiōng shén è shà(idiom) fiends; devils; monsters
• 凶悍xiōng hànviolent; fierce and tough; shrewish (woman)
• 凶光xiōng guāngominous glint
• 凶犯xiōng fànmurderer
• 凶巴巴xiōng bā bāharsh; savage; fierce
• 凶多吉少xiōng duō jí shǎo(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); (fig.) inauspicious…
• 凶刀xiōng dāoknife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife)
• 凶嫌xiōng xiánalleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime
• 凶宅xiōng zháiinauspicious abode; haunted house
• 凶死xiōng sǐto die in violence
• 凶狂xiōng kuángfierce; ferocious; savage
• 凶相xiōng xiàngferocious appearance
• 凶神xiōng shéndemon; fiend
• 凶讯xiōng xùnevil tidings; bad news
• 凶身xiōng shēnmurderer; killer

Words containing 凶

• 帮凶bāng xiōngaccomplice; accessory
• 行凶xíng xiōngviolent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder)
• 元凶yuán xiōngchief offender; main culprit
• 吉凶jí xiōnggood and bad luck (in astrology)
• 穷凶极恶qióng xiōng jí èfiendish; black-hearted
• 真凶zhēn xiōngculprit
• 雇凶gù xiōngto hire a hitman
• 疑凶yí xiōngsuspected of murder; criminal suspect
• 买凶mǎi xiōngto hire a hitman
• 恶凶凶è xiōng xiōngfierce
• 行凶者xíng xiōng zhěperpetrator
• 妙探寻凶Miào tàn xún xiōngCluedo (board game)
• 趋吉避凶qū jí bì xiōngto seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
• 祸福吉凶huò fú jí xiōngfate; portent; luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
• 逢凶化吉féng xiōng huà jímisfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
• 闵凶mǐn xiōngsuffering; affliction

Sounds the same

Read xiōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兄elder brother
• 胸chest; bosom; heart
• 汹torrential rush; tumultuous
• 芎used in 芎䓖; Taiwan pr. qiōng
• 恟scared, nervous
• 匈Hungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 㐫old variant of 凶