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xiōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiōng | xiong1
English translation
terrible
fearful
culprit; murder; bad, sad

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About xiōng

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

xiōng

Contains the radical

qiǎn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A container  qiǎn of wickedness 

Etymology of xiōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

凵乂

Explanation

Pictograph of a trap in the ground.

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Example sentences using xiōng

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印第安 Yìn dì ān - qiáo lǎo shì 出现 chūxiàn zài de mèng , 而且 érqiě 露凶 guāng .

Injun Joe infested all his dreams, and always with doom in his eye.

许多 xǔduō 美洲 Měi zhōu 殖民地 zhímíndì de rén 认为 rènwéi 英国 Yīng guó shuì 凶残 xiōng cán 手辣.

Many American colonists believed that the English tax collectors were too heavy - handed.

hǎn 警察 jǐngchá , páo le yāo Xiàng 行凶 xíng xiōng de rén .

He frightened off his attacker by calling for the police.

人们 rén men 可以 kěyǐ 劝诱 quàn yòu 条凶 quǎn .

One can reason with a bulldog.

冷眼 lěng yǎn 打量 dǎliang zhāo ,眼睛 yǎnjing mào chū 怨毒 yuàn dú de 凶光 xiōng guāng .

She surveyed him coldly with eyes that spat venom.

Words with xiōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
凶手 xiōngshǒu murderer兇手
xiōng vicious xiōng
凶器 xiōng qì lethal weapon兇器
凶残 xiōng cán savage兇殘
凶猛 xiōng měng fierce兇猛
凶杀 xiōng shā to murder兇殺
凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel凶狠 xiōng hěn
行凶 xíng xiōng violent crime行兇
凶杀案 xiōng shā àn murder case兇殺案
帮凶 bāng xiōng accomplice幫凶
凶恶 xiōngè fierce兇惡
凶险 xiōng xiǎn dangerous兇險
凶悍 xiōng hàn violent兇悍
元凶 yuán xiōng chief offender元凶 yuán xiōng
凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo everything points to disaster凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
凶神恶煞 xiōng shén è shà fiends (idiom); devils and monsters兇神惡煞
凶犯 xiōng fàn murderer兇犯
吉凶 jí xiōng good and bad luck (in astrology)吉凶 jí xiōng
行凶者 xíng xiōng zhě perpetrator行兇者
凶暴 xiōng bào brutal凶暴 xiōng bào
凶兆 xiōng zhào ill omen凶兆 xiōng zhào
逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí
凶相 xiōng xiàng ferocious appearance兇相
凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù with fangs bared兇相畢露
凶宅 xiōng zhái haunted house兇宅

xiōng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiōng Decomposition

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xiōng Compounds

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  • xiōng
    • xiōng
      • xiōng , xiōng , , xiōng , ,
      • cuó , jiǎn , jiǎn , , , , xián , ,
    • nǎo , nǎo , , xiōng , xiōng , zōng , zōng , cōng , zōng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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