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怒

nù

HSK 6 Character

What 怒 means

1. anger
2. fury
3. flourishing
4. vigorous

Other readings

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

• NùNu ethnic group

Example sentences

• 他怒不可遏。
  Tā nùbùkě'è.
  He couldn't control his anger.
• 他怒火中烧。
  He is burning with anger.
• 这让我愤怒。
  This makes me angry.
• 简当时很愤怒。
  Jane was boiling.
• 我父亲常常发怒。
  Wǒ fùqīn chángcháng fānù.
  My father is always getting angry.
• 她立即被激怒了。
  She flipped her lid immediately.

Words starting with 怒

• 怒火nù huǒrage; fury; hot anger
• 怒气nù qìanger
• 怒吼nù hǒuto bellow; to rave; to snarl
• 怒气冲冲nù qì chōng chōng(idiom) spitting anger; in a rage
• 怒放nù fàngin full bloom
• 怒斥nù chìto angrily rebuke; to indignantly denounce
• 怒不可遏nù bù kě èunable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
• 怒骂nù màto verbally abuse
• 怒目nù mùwith glaring eyes; glowering
• 怒视nù shìto glower (at sb); to cast an angry look
• 怒目而视nù mù ér shì(idiom) to glare at
• 怒发冲冠nù fà chōng guānlit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom); fig. seething in anger…
• 怒喝nù hèto shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
• 怒容nù róngangry look
• 怒恨nù hènextreme hatred; animosity; spite
• 怒族Nù zúNu ethnic group
• 怒潮nù cháo(tidal) bore; raging tide
• 怒色nù sèangry look; glare; scowl
• 怒冲冲nù chōng chōngfuriously
• 怒容满面nù róng mǎn miànscowling in anger; rage written across one's face
• 怒形于色nù xíng yú sèto betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
• 怒气攻心nù qì gōng xīn(TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc…
• 怒目相向nù mù xiāng xiàngto glower at each other (idiom)
• 怒目切齿nù mù qiè chǐto gnash one's teeth in anger

Words containing 怒

• 愤怒fèn nùangry; indignant; wrath
• 大怒dà nùto become furious; to explode in anger
• 恼怒nǎo nùresentful; angry; to enrage sb
• 激怒jī nùto infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
• 喜怒哀乐xǐ nù āi lè(lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions
• 发怒fā nùto get angry
• 恼羞成怒nǎo xiū chéng nù(idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation
• 勃然大怒bó rán dà nù(idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
• 心花怒放xīn huā nù fàngto burst with joy (idiom); to be over the moon; to be elated
• 震怒zhèn nùto be furious
• 暴怒bào nùto fly into a rage; to rage violently
• 迁怒qiān nùto take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
• 狂怒kuáng nùfurious
• 盛怒shèng nùenraged; furious
• 动怒dòng nùto get angry
• 息怒xī nùto calm down; to quell one's anger
• 烈怒liè nùintense rage
• 众怒zhòng nùpublic anger; public outrage
• 空怒kōng nùair rage
• 义怒yì nùrighteous anger
• 触怒chù nùto anger sb; to enrage
• 余怒yú nùresidual anger
• 路怒症lù nù zhèngroad rage
• 不怒而威bù nù ér wēi(idiom) to have an aura of authority; to have a commanding presence

Characters built on 奴

These share the phonetic component 奴 (nú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 弩nǔcrossbow
• 驽nú(literary) inferior horse
• 孥núchild; offspring
• 胬nǔused in 胬肉

Characters that look like 怒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 恐kǒngafraid; frightened; to fear
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 恋liànto feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
• 恕shùto forgive
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯