Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

vicious/fierce/ominous/inauspicious/famine/variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

xiōng

Bopomofo

ㄒㄩㄥ

Jyutping

hung1

Example sentences

那隻狗看起來很兇。
那只狗看起来很凶。

That dog looks very fierce.

兇手 / 凶手 xiōngshǒu
警察終於抓到了兇手。
警察终于抓到了凶手。

The police finally caught the murderer.

警方根據現場留下的指紋,斷定他就是兇手。
警方根据现场留下的指纹,断定他就是凶手。

Based on the fingerprints left at the scene, the police concluded that he was the killer.

那群狼以兇殘的方式襲擊了羊群。
那群狼以凶残的方式袭击了羊群。

That pack of wolves attacked the flock of sheep in a brutal manner.

歹徒的手法非常兇狠。
歹徒的手法非常凶狠。

The gangster's methods were extremely vicious.

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