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hěn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hěn | hen3
English translation
fierce
very
vicious, fierce, cruel

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About hěn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

hěn

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of hěn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭艮

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

gěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and gěn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hěn

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朝着 cháo zhe zhǐ gǒu 狠狠 hěn hěn de le 棍子 gùn zi .

He gave the dog a vicious blow with his stick.

发狠 de 汪汪 wāng wāng jiào de gǒu .

The horse kicked out at the yapping dog.

他们 tā men hěn zòu le zéi dùn .

They messed the thief up pretty badly.

经理 jīnglǐ 认出 rèn chū le wèi 顾客 gùkè shì shuí , 所以 suǒyǐ péi le 一千不是 bú shi ,并且 bìngqiě 狠狠 hěn hěn de 斥责 chì zé le 那个 nà ge 店员 diàn yuán .

Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.

" gěi gǔn ---- gǔn dào 远远 yuǎn yuǎn de de Fāng ! " 恶狠狠 è hěn hěn de shuì , 那双绿眼睛 yǎnjing mào chū le 怒火 nù huǒ .

" You go to -- Halifax,'she said tensely, her green eyes slits of rage.

Words with hěn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hěn ruthless hěn
狠狠 hěn hěn resolutely狠狠 hěn hěn
凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel凶狠 xiōng hěn
狠心 hěnxīn callous狠心 hěnxīn
狠毒 hěn dú vicious狠毒 hěn dú
恶狠狠 è hěn hěn very fierce惡狠狠
心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là vicious and merciless (idiom)心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là
狠命 hěn mìng exerting all one's strength狠命 hěn mìng
恶狠 è hěn fierce and vicious惡狠
狠巴巴 hěn bā bā very fierce狠巴巴 hěn bā bā

hěn Decomposition & Compounds

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hěn Decomposition

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