凶
xiōng
Pinyin

Definition

凶
 - 
xiōng
  1. vicious
  2. fierce
  3. ominous
  4. inauspicious
  5. famine
  6. variant of 兇|凶[xiōng]
凶 (兇)
 - 
xiōng
  1. terrible
  2. fearful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凶
xiōng
  1. 1 terrible
  2. 2 fearful
凶手
xiōng shǒu
  1. 1 murderer
  2. 2 assassin
凶残
xiōng cán
  1. 1 savage
  2. 2 cruel
  3. 3 fierce
凶狠
xiōng hěn
凶器
xiōng qì
  1. 1 lethal weapon
  2. 2 murder weapon

Idioms (2)

凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters

Sample Sentences

意思是人看起来可能很凶猛，但是人非常好。
yìsi shì rén kànqǐlai kěnéng hěn xiōngměng ，dànshì rén fēicháng hǎo 。
It means some people might look ferocious, but they're very nice inside.
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我有一个朋友，他看起来非常凶，而且平常都不怎么说话，他还穿着黑色的衣服。但他其实是个很好的人。
wǒ yǒu yīgē péngyou ，tā kànqǐlai fēicháng xiōng ，érqiě píngcháng dōu bù zěnme shuōhuà ，tā hái chuānzhuó hēisè de yīfu 。dàn tā qíshí shì ge hěn hǎo de rén 。
I have a friend who is a sheep in wolf's skin. He looks very mean on the outside. He doesn't like to talk much, and he often wears black. But he's actually a very good man.
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其实常常很多人说我是一只披着狼皮的羊，因为我不笑的时候，看起来很凶。
qíshí chángcháng hěnduō rén shuō wǒ shì yī zhǐ pī zhe láng Pí de yáng ，yīnwèi wǒ bù xiào de shíhou ，kànqǐlai hěn xiōng 。
A lot of people often say I'm a sheep in wolf's skin because I look mean when I don't smile.
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