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狞

níng

Character Traditional 獰

What 狞 means

1. fierce-looking

Example sentences

• 我见过狞猫。
  I saw a caracal.
• 恶魔一把抓住了我的妹妹，一边狰狞地狂笑着，一边把她丢进了一个无底洞里。
  èmó yībǎzhuā zhù le wǒ de mèimei, yībiān zhēngníng de kuángxiào zhe, yībiān bǎ tā diū jìn le yī gè wúdǐdòng lǐ.
  The demon grabbed my sister and, with howling laughter, cast her into a bottomless pit.

Words starting with 狞

• 狞笑níng xiàoto laugh nastily; evil grin
• 狞猫níng māocaracal

Words containing 狞

• 狰狞zhēng níngmalevolent; fierce; sinister

Characters built on 宁

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

• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 泞nìngmuddy
• 咛níngto enjoin
• 聍níngused in 耵聍

Characters that look like 狞

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

• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read níng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凝to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
• 拧to pinch; wring
• 宁peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
• 柠used in 柠檬
• 咛to enjoin
• 聍used in 耵聍
• 儜weak; wearied; in distress
• 苧(used as a bound form in 苧烯; tangled; in disarray
• 寗old variant of 宁