險惡

Chinese

		danger(ous); rugged	evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated
trad. (險惡)		險	惡
simp. (险恶)		险	恶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him² ok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiám-ok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn-è
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-o⁴
    • Yale: syǎn-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaneh
    • Palladius: сяньэ (sjanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him² ok³
    • Yale: hím ok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him² ok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: him² og³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³⁵ ɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám-ok
    • Tâi-lô: hiám-ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafm'og
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/

Adjective

險惡

1. dangerous; perilous; ominous
2. sinister; vicious; malicious; treacherous

Synonyms

• (dangerous): 危急 (wēijí), 危險／危险 (wēixiǎn), 兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn), (Hokkien) 險厄／险厄
• (sinister):

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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)
• 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)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
險	惡
けん Jinmeiyō	あく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 險惡 – see the following entry.

【険悪けんあく】 [adjective] sharp (offensive, critical, or acrimonious), hostile [adjective] threatening, serious, volatile [noun] hostility [noun] volatility

(This term, 險惡, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
險	惡

Noun

險惡 • (heomak) (hangeul 험악)

1. hanja form^? of 험악 (“danger; sternness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
險	惡

Adjective

險惡

1. chữ Hán form of hiểm ác (“wicked”).