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恶

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HSK 5 Character Traditional 惡

What 恶 means

1. evil
2. fierce
3. vicious
4. ugly
5. coarse
6. to harm

Other readings

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

• ěused in {恶心|ě xīn}
• wùto hate; to loathe; ashamed

Example sentences

• 可恶！
  Abominable!
• 恶心！
  Disgusting!
• 真恶心！
  So disgusting!
• 恶有恶报。
  èyǒu'èbào.
  Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
• 我厌恶他。
  I am disgusted with him.
• 小心恶犬！
  Beware of the dog!

Words starting with 恶

• 恶劣è lièvile; nasty; of very poor quality
• 恶心ě xīnnausea; to feel sick; disgust
• 恶化è huàto worsen
• 恶意è yìmalice; evil intention
• 恶人è rénevil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
• 恶魔è módemon; fiend
• 恶狠狠è hěn hěnvery fierce
• 恶毒è dúmalicious
• 恶作剧è zuò jùpractical joke; prank; to play a practical joke
• 恶梦è mèngnightmare
• 恶性è xìngmalignant; wicked; vicious (circle)
• 恶习è xíbad habit; vice
• 恶行è xíngevil or wicked conduct
• 恶性循环è xìng xún huánvicious circle
• 恶果è guǒevil consequence; retribution (in Buddhism)
• 恶棍è gùnscoundrel; rogue; bully; villain
• 恶臭è chòustink; stench; stinky; smelly; (fig.) disgusting; repugnant
• 恶报è bàokarmic retribution (resulting from evil deeds, in contrast to karmic reward 好报
• 恶势力è shì lìevil forces; criminal elements
• 恶霸è bàevil tyrant
• 恶名è míngbad name; evil reputation
• 恶鬼è guǐevil spirit; devil
• 恶语è yǔevil words; malicious talk
• 恶气è qìevil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner

Words containing 恶

• 厌恶yàn wùto loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
• 可恶kě wùrepulsive; vile; hateful
• 丑恶chǒu èugly; repulsive
• 凶恶xiōng èfierce; ferocious; fiendish
• 邪恶xié èsinister; vicious; wicked
• 罪恶zuì ècrime; evil; sin
• 善恶shàn ègood and evil; good versus evil
• 险恶xiǎn èdangerous; sinister; vicious
• 深恶痛绝shēn wù tòng juéto detest bitterly (idiom); implacable hatred; to abhor
• 憎恶zēng èto hate evil
• 万恶wàn è(rhetorical) utterly evil; the worst of all evils
• 作恶zuò èto do evil
• 好恶hào wùlit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
• 凶神恶煞xiōng shén è shà(idiom) fiends; devils; monsters
• 穷凶极恶qióng xiōng jí èfiendish; black-hearted
• 嫌恶xián wùto loathe; to abhor; hatred
• 无恶不作wú è bù zuònot to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
• 十恶不赦shí è bù shèwicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous
• 交恶jiāo wùto become enemies; to become hostile towards each other
• 元恶yuán èarch-criminal; master criminal
• 喜恶xǐ èlikes and dislikes
• 相恶xiāng èto hate one another
• 积恶jī èaccumulated evil
• 性恶论xìng è lùn"human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子

Characters that look like 恶

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

• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 崩bēngto collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 菇gū(bound form) mushroom

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate
• 轭yoke