嚴酷

Chinese

		(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe	ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great
trad. (嚴酷)		嚴	酷
simp. (严酷)		严	酷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ huk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánkù
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: yán-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yankuh
    • Palladius: яньку (janʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ huk⁶
    • Yale: yìhm huhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ huk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ hug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ hʊk̚²/

Adjective

嚴酷

1. harsh; bitter
2. cruel; inhumane

Synonyms

• (harsh):

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• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴 / 严 (yán)
• 嚴厲 / 严厉 (yánlì)
• 嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
• 嚴正 / 严正 (yánzhèng)
• 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
• 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
• 整肅 / 整肃 (zhěngsù)
• 正經 / 正经
• 淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 矜持 (jīnchí)
• 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
• 莊重 / 庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
• 鄭重 / 郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

• (cruel):

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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)
• 兇險 / 凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
• 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
• 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)