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狠

hěn

vicious, cruel; severely, extreme

Strokes
9
Radical
犬
HSK
6
Tone
3

Other readings: yán

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 今天热得狠。

    Jīn tiān rè de hěn

    It's very hot today.

  • 你狠性感。

    Nǐ hěn xìng gǎn

    You're very sexy.

  • 算你狠。

    Suàn nǐ hěn

    You got me.

  • 你怎么能如此狠毒?

    Nǐ zěn me néng rú cǐ hěn dú

    How can you be so cruel?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 狠

  • 狠hěn 3ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很
  • 狠心hěn xīn 3–1 callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心)
  • 凶狠xiōng hěn 1–3 cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful