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猛

měng

HSK 6 Character

What 猛 means

1. ferocious
2. fierce
3. violent
4. brave
5. suddenly
6. abrupt
7. slangawesome

Example sentences

• 风吹得很猛。
  Fēng chuī dehěn měng.
  It is blowing very hard.
• 风愈吹愈猛。
  The wind is picking up.
• 旅行社的利润猛涨。
  Lǚxíngshè de lìrùn měngzhàng.
  Travel agencies' profits soared.
• 心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
  Xīn yǒu měng hǔ, xì xiù qiángwēi.
  In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
• 别像猪一样猛吃东西。
  Don't eat like a pig.
• 汤姆猛拉玛丽的马尾。
  Tom yanked Mary's ponytail.

Words starting with 猛

• 猛烈měng lièfierce; violent; vigorous; intense
• 猛地měng desuddenly
• 猛然měng ránsuddenly; abruptly
• 猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger
• 猛增měng zēngsharp increase; rapid growth
• 猛兽měng shòuferocious beast; fierce animal
• 猛击měng jīto slap; to smack; to punch
• 猛扑měng pūto charge; to pounce on; to swoop down on
• 猛将měng jiàngfierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual
• 猛攻měng gōngto attack violently; to storm
• 猛力měng lìwith all one's might; with sudden force; violently
• 猛丁měng dīngsuddenly
• 猛可měng kěsuddenly; in an instant
• 猛吃měng chīto gobble up; to gorge oneself on (food)
• 猛干měng gànto tie in to
• 猛打měng dǎto strike; wham!
• 猛撞měng zhuàngto slam (into); to smash (into)
• 猛料měng liàohot news item; awesome
• 猛省měng xǐngto realize suddenly; to suddenly recall
• 猛药měng yàostrong medicine; potent remedy; (fig.) drastic measure
• 猛冲měng chōngto charge forward
• 猛进měng jìnto advance boldly; to push ahead vigorously
• 猛醒měng xǐngto realize suddenly; to wake up to the truth; to suddenly awake from sleep
• 猛不防měng bù fángsuddenly; unexpectedly; taken by surprise

Words containing 猛

• 凶猛xiōng měngfierce; violent; ferocious
• 迅猛xùn měngquick and violent
• 勇猛yǒng měngbold and powerful; brave and fierce
• 突飞猛进tū fēi měng jìnto advance by leaps and bounds
• 威猛wēi měngbold and powerful
• 王猛Wáng MěngWang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻坚
• 生猛shēng měngfull of life; violent; brave
• 闹猛nào měng(dialect) bustling; lively
• 扎猛子zhā měng zito swim with head submerged
• 谋臣猛将móu chén měng jiàngstrategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
• 高歌猛进gāo gē měng jìnto advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
• 洪水猛兽hóng shuǐ měng shòulit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom); fig. great scourges…
• 泰米尔猛虎组织Tài mǐ ěr Měng hǔ Zǔ zhīTamil Tigers
• 泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织Tài mǐ ěr Yī lā mǔ Měng hǔ Jiě fàng Zǔ zhīLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Characters built on 孟

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

• 锰měngmanganese (chemistry)
• 蜢měnggrasshopper
• 勐měngmeng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan); variant of 猛
• 艋měngused in 舴艋

Characters that look like 猛

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 猖chāngferocious
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 掂diānto weigh in the hand; to estimate
• 骐qí(literary) black horse
• 愠yùnindignant; feel hurt

Sounds the same

Read měng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 懵(bound form) confused; ignorant
• 勐meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan); variant of 猛
• 蜢grasshopper
• 锰manganese (chemistry)
• 獴mongoose; Taiwan pr. méng
• 艋used in 舴艋
• 蠓midge
• 黾toad
• 蒙Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古国; Taiwan pr. Méng