"凶" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hi̯uŋ²⁴/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /hyŋ⁵⁵/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hœŋ⁵³³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /hiɔŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Audio: Zh-xiōng.oga [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: , , *兇
Etymology: Pictogram (象形) and/or Ideogram (指事)- with the '凵' component representing a hole in the ground and with the '㐅' component (if an ideogram) indicating the existence of a hole and/or (if a pictogram) representing rock, mud, stone or bamboo in the hole. Alternately, could be derived from the upper component of '㚇'. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han pictograms}}, {{liushu|p}} Pictogram (象形), {{categorize|zh|Han ideograms}}, {{liushu|i}} Ideogram (指事) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 凶
  1. inauspicious; bad luck; bad omen
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-xIxODIkQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 7 3 11 0 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 40 18 16 12 15 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 16 23 2 1 15 0 0 20 23
  2. to have a famine due to crop failure
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-79AFitel Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 7 3 11 0 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 16 55 6 5 17 0 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 18 51 8 10 13 0 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 3 84 4 7 3 0 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 3 84 4 7 3 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 16 23 2 1 15 0 0 20 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 44 1 1 11 0 0 15 16
  3. fierce; ferocious
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-MlMUrqlK
  4. terrible; fearful
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-ix~BbvDN
  5. act of violence; murder; evil
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-fChtq281 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 7 3 11 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 16 23 2 1 15 0 0 20 23
  6. ruffian; evildoer; criminal
    Sense id: en-凶-zh-character-bVeBhMgc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore, Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
Derived forms: 元凶 (yuánxiōng), 凶事 (xiōngshì), 凶兆 (xiōngzhào), 凶器 (xiōngqì), 凶宅 (xiōngzhái), 凶悍 (xiōnghàn), 凶暴 (xiōngbào), 凶橫 (xiōnghèng), 凶焰 (xiōngyàn), 趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng), 逞凶 (chěngxiōng)

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "yuánxiōng",
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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        {
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        {
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              0,
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          "english": "year of bad harvest and famine",
          "roman": "xiōngnián",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "凶年",
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          "english": "If the year be bad on the inside of the river, I remove as many of the people as I can to the east of the river, and convey grain to the country in the inside. When the year is bad on the east of the river, I act on the same plan.",
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          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Hé nèi xiōng, zé yí qí mín yú hé dōng, yí qí sù yú hé nèi; hé dōng xiōng yì rán.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "河內凶,則移其民於河東,移其粟於河內;河東凶亦然。",
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          "roman": "Hé nèi xiōng, zé yí qí mín yú hé dōng, yí qí sù yú hé nèi; hé dōng xiōng yì rán.",
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          "text": "河内凶,则移其民于河东,移其粟于河内;河东凶亦然。",
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      "glosses": [
        "to have a famine due to crop failure"
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        [
          "famine",
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        [
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          "crop"
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      "glosses": [
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      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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          "fearful"
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        "ruffian; evildoer; criminal"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiōng (xiong¹)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-xiōng.oga",
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      "zh_pron": "hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiûng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hṳ̆ng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
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        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hyoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung¹"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
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      "zh_pron": "hūng"
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    {
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "hung¹"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiûng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiung^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi̯uŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hṳ̆ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "he̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hœŋ⁵³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hyoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xjowng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*qʰ(r)oŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*qʰoŋ/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 凶",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min hanzi",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "roman": "yuánxiōng",
      "word": "元凶"
    },
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      "roman": "xiōngshì",
      "word": "凶事"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngzhào",
      "word": "凶兆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngqì",
      "word": "凶器"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngzhái",
      "word": "凶宅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōnghàn",
      "word": "凶悍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngbào",
      "word": "凶暴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōnghèng",
      "word": "凶橫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngyàn",
      "word": "凶焰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūjíbìxiōng",
      "word": "趨吉避凶"
    },
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      "roman": "chěngxiōng",
      "word": "逞凶"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
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        "2": "Han ideograms"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "i"
      },
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      "word": "Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China"
    },
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      "word": "Malaysia"
    },
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      "word": "and Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "Macau"
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    {
      "word": "and Taiwan"
    }
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        {
          "word": "吉"
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        "inauspicious; bad luck; bad omen"
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          "inauspicious",
          "inauspicious"
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          "bad luck",
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              0,
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              0,
              1
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          "roman": "xiōngnián",
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        },
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              18
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              180
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              72
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              2,
              3
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              22
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            "Traditional-Chinese"
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          "roman": "Hé nèi xiōng, zé yí qí mín yú hé dōng, yí qí sù yú hé nèi; hé dōng xiōng yì rán.",
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            "Simplified-Chinese"
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          "have"
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          "famine"
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          "act"
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          "violence"
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          "murder"
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          "ruffian",
          "ruffian"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiōng (xiong¹)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ"
    },
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        "Bopomofo"
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      ],
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    },
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        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
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    },
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    },
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        "Puxian-Min"
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    },
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        "Puxian-Min"
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    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiōng"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syūng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiong"
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      "roman": "sjun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung¹"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
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        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
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      "ipa": "/hi̯uŋ²⁴/",
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        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hṳ̆ng"
    },
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        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
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      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hœŋ⁵³³/",
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        "Putian"
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hyoeng¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiong"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xjowng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*qʰ(r)oŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*qʰoŋ/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 凶 meaning in Chinese (8.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.