Chinese words starting with “xiong”
16 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xiong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial x · final iong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 12
- 2nd tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 兄弟xiōng dìHSK 4
brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
All 16 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 胸 | xiōng | g,n | chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax | |
| 2 | 熊 | xióng | n,nr | bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable | |
| 3 | 凶 | xiōng | a,g | vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 凶 | |
| 4 | 凶手 | xiōng shǒu | n | murderer; assassin | |
| 5 | 胸部 | xiōng bù | n,s | chest; bosom | |
| 6 | 熊猫 | xióng māo | n,nz | panda | |
| 7 | 凶残 | xiōng cán | a | savage; cruel; fierce | |
| 8 | 凶猛 | xiōng měng | a,an | fierce; violent; ferocious | |
| 9 | 胸膛 | xiōng táng | n | chest | |
| 10 | 凶狠 | xiōng hěn | a | cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful | |
| 11 | 汹涌 | xiōng yǒng | a,ad,n | to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent | |
| 12 | 胸怀 | xiōng huái | n,v | one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish | |
| 13 | 雄厚 | xióng hòu | a | substantial; robust; ample; abundant | |
| 14 | 凶恶 | xiōng è | a | fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening | |
| 15 | 雄伟 | xióng wěi | a | grand; imposing; magnificent; majestic | |
| 16 | 胸有成竹 | xiōng yǒu chéng zhú | v | (idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind |
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