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凶

xiōng · xiong

Traditional 兇

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Meaning

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xiōng 兇

  1. terrible
  2. fearful

xiōng 凶

  1. vicious
  2. fierce
  3. ominous
  4. inauspicious
  5. famine
  6. variant of 兇 / 凶 (xiōng)
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The fierce puppy

  1. Liangliang

    那(nà)只(zhī)狗(gǒu)看起来(kànqǐlai)很(hěn)凶(xiōng)，我们(wǒmen)走(zǒu)吧(ba)。

    That dog looks fierce. Let's go.

  2. Dengdeng

    它(tā)不(bù)凶(xiōng)，它(tā)才(cái)三(sān)个(gè)月(yuè)大(dà)。

    It isn't fierce. It's only three months old.

  3. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)它(tā)一直(yīzhí)对(duì)我(wǒ)叫(jiào)。

    But it keeps barking at me.

  4. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)你(nǐ)看(kàn)它(tā)的(de)眼神(yǎnshén)太(tài)凶(xiōng)了(le)，它(tā)怕(pà)你(nǐ)！

    Because the look in your eyes is too fierce. It's scared of you!

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)在(zài)想(xiǎng)事情(shìqing)，我(wǒ)不(bù)凶(xiōng)啊(a)！

    I was just thinking. I'm not fierce!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)只(zhī)狗(gǒu)看(kàn)起(qǐ)来(lái)很(hěn)凶(xiōng)，别(bié)靠(kào)近(jìn)它(tā)。

That dog looks fierce; don't go near it.

02

他(tā)今(jīn)天(tiān)脸(liǎn)色(sè)很(hěn)凶(xiōng)，大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)不(bù)敢(gǎn)说(shuō)话(huà)。

He looks very fierce today, so no one dares to speak.

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