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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nù | nu4
English translation
anger
fury
flourishing
vigorous
anger, passion, rage

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

奴心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zài 盛怒 shèng nù 之下 zhī xià , Fēng xìn 撕得粉碎 fěnsuì .

In his passion, he tore the letter into pieces.

一样 yīyàng , 有时 yǒu shí huì biē shǎng 一肚子 yī dù zi 无言 wú yán de 怒火 nù huǒ .

Like you, though, he's capable of scary silent anger.

Qiáng rěn zhù 愤怒 fènnù , biē huí le 尖刻 jiān kè de 答话 dá huà .

He choked down his anger and choked back a sharp reply.

愤怒 fènnù de hēng le shēng .

He snorted with exasperation.

zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
愤怒 fènnù angry憤怒
anger
激怒 jī nù to infuriate激怒 jī nù
怒火 nù huǒ rage怒火 nù huǒ
怒气 nù qì anger怒氣
发怒 fā nù to get angry發怒
怒吼 nù hǒu to bellow怒吼 nù hǒu
恼怒 nǎo nù resentful惱怒
喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù aī lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜 huān xǐ [huān​xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒 fènnù [fèn​nù], sorrow 悲哀 bēiāi [bēi​'āi] and joy 快樂|快乐 kuàilè [kuài​lè]喜怒哀樂
暴怒 bào nù to fly into a rage暴怒 bào nù
狂怒 kuáng nù furious狂怒 kuáng nù
恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation惱羞成怒
怒气冲冲 nù qì chōng chōng spitting anger (idiom); in a rage怒氣沖沖
怒不可遏 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage怒不可遏 nù bù kě è
迁怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)遷怒
怒斥 nù chì to angrily rebuke怒斥 nù chì
震怒 zhèn nù to be furious震怒 zhèn nù
动怒 dòng nù to get angry動怒
心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom)心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng
怒骂 nù mà to curse in rage怒罵
怒放 nù fàng in full bloom怒放 nù fàng
触怒 chù nù to anger sb觸怒
怒江 Nù jiāng Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江 Sà ěr wēn jiāng , forming border of Myanmar and Thailand怒江 Nù jiāng
盛怒 shèng nù rage盛怒 shèng nù
息怒 xī nù to calm down息怒 xī nù

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