兇險

Chinese

		fierce	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (兇險/凶險)		兇/凶	險
simp. (凶险)		凶	险

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ him²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-hiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiong¹ hiam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongsiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-hsien³
    • Yale: syūng-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshean
    • Palladius: сюнсянь (sjunsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ him²
    • Yale: hūng hím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ him²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ him²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-hiám
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hionghiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiong¹ hiam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiong hiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hioŋ³³⁻²³ hiam⁵²/

Adjective

兇險

1. dangerous; perilous; critical
2. ruthless and treacherous

Synonyms

• (dangerous): 危急 (wēijí), 危險／危险 (wēixiǎn), 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è), (Hokkien) 險厄／险厄
• (ruthless):

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• 兇惡 / 凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 兇殘 / 凶残 (xiōngcán)
• 兇狠 / 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
• 兇猛 / 凶猛 (xiōngměng)
• 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
• 強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
• 忍 (rěn) (literary)
• 惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
• 惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
• 慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 暴力 (bàolì)
• 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
• 暴虐 (bàonüè)
• 暴躁 (bàozào)
• 橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 殘 / 残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
• 殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
• 殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
• 殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
• 毒辣 (dúlà)
• 烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)
• 狠毒 (hěndú)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
• 粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 辣 (là)
• 酷烈 (kùliè)
• 野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
• 陰功 / 阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)