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狠

hěn

HSK 6 Character

What 狠 means

1. ruthless; fierce; ferocious
2. determined; resolute
3. to harden (one's heart)
4. old variant of {很|hěn}

Example sentences

• 算你狠。
  Suàn nǐ hěn.
  You got me.
• 你狠性感。
  Nǐ hěn xìnggǎn.
  You are very sexy.
• 今天热得狠。
  It's very hot today.
• 老师把学生狠狠地骂了一顿。
  Lǎoshī bǎ xuésheng hěnhěn de mà le yī dùn.
  The teacher scolded his students severely.
• 老师狠狠地斥责了学生们一顿。
  The teacher gave his pupils a tongue-lashing.

Words starting with 狠

• 狠心hěn xīncallous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 下狠心
• 狠狠hěn hěnresolutely; firmly; ferociously
• 狠毒hěn dúvicious; malicious; savage
• 狠命hěn mìngexerting all one's strength
• 狠劲hěn jìnto exert all one's force; all-out effort
• 狠绝hěn juéruthless
• 狠巴巴hěn bā bāvery fierce

Words containing 狠

• 恶狠狠è hěn hěnvery fierce
• 凶狠xiōng hěncruel; vicious; fierce and malicious
• 心狠手辣xīn hěn shǒu là(idiom) vicious; merciless
• 恶狠è hěnfierce and vicious
• 下狠心xià hěn xīnto resolve (to do sth); to toughen up
• 算你狠suàn nǐ hěnyou got me!; you win!; you are something!

Characters built on 艮

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

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 恳kěnearnest
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 茛gènranunculus

Characters that look like 狠

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

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 狐húfox
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip

Sounds the same

Read hěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 很very; quite…
• 佷to act contrary to
• 哏old variant of 狠; old variant of 很; also used as an exclamation of anger