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凶

xiōng

“Terrible” in Chinese is 凶 (xiōng).

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Meaning

  • terrible
  • fearful
  • vicious
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  • fierce
  • ominous
  • inauspicious
  • famine
  • variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Example

凶手承认了自己的犯罪。

The murderer confessed his crime.

From 凶手 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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