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厉害 lìhai

厉害 lìhai Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 9 English Translations of the word 厉害 lìhai .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lìhai | li4 hai5
English translation
difficult to deal with
difficult to endure
ferocious
radical
serious
terrible
violent
tremendous
awesome

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About 厉害 lìhai

Read some general information about the Chinese word 厉害 lìhai .

Traditional form

厲害

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 厉害 lìhai

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Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. hǎn represents the meaning and wàn represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

厂万

Number of Strokes

5
hài

Explanation

Pictograph of a lid over a container. Based on the original meaning "lid", now written as gài . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

gài 丰口

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 厉害 lìhai

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机场 jīchǎng de 交通 jiāotōng 阻塞 zǔ sè hěn 厉害 lìhai .

The road to the airport is clogged with traffic.

厉害 lìhai le , shuí ya !

He is very formidable; How could anybody be so brave as to offend him?

yǒu xiē 牙齿 yáchǐ làn hěn 厉害 lìhai .

Some of her teeth were very badly decayed.

这时 zhè shí Zhōng zhēng 人声 luàn rǎng , qiě shì 争吵 zhēng chǎo de 厉害 lìhai .

In the centre of the lake people were shouting, quarrelling violently.

认为 rènwéi 法律 fǎlǜ rén fēn shī tài 厉害 lìhai le diǎn .

'It's hard in the law to split a man, I think.

厉害 lìhai Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 厉害 lìhai and their own compounds.

厉害 lìhai Compounds

See all 16 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 厉害 lìhai in their composition.

  • hài
    • xiā , , xiá , hài , huá , jiè , xiá , , , , xiá
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