"狠" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /xən²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐn³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /hyŋ⁴⁵³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hyŋ³³²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hun⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Quanzhou], /hun²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hin²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /xən²¹⁴/, /hɐn³⁵/, /hyŋ⁴⁵³/, /hyŋ³³²/, /hun⁵⁵⁴/, /hun²²/, /hin²²/, /hən³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: hěn [Mandarin, Pinyin], hen³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄣˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], han² [Cantonese, Jyutping], hyng³, hún, hūn, hīn, ⁵hen, hěn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hěn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hên³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hěn [Mandarin, Yale], heen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], han² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], hán [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], han² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], hen² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hyng³ [Puxian-Min], hún [Hokkien, POJ], hún [Hokkien, Tai-lo], huon [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hūn [Hokkien, POJ], hūn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hun [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hīn [Hokkien, POJ], hīn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁵hen [Northern, Wu], hen^去 [Northern, Wu], ²hen [Northern, Wu], /hən³⁴/ [Northern, Wu] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声): semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{Han compound|犬|艮|alt1=犭|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声): semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 狠
  1. vicious; cruel
    Sense id: en-狠-zh-character-aVnTf8LX Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 27 33 22 19
  2. severely; extreme
    Sense id: en-狠-zh-character-MsZcgOaz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 7 77 9 7 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 7 72 12 10 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 27 33 22 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 12 70 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 81 6 6
  3. (Wu) fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable Tags: Wu
    Sense id: en-狠-zh-character-9PENs6Up Categories (other): Wu Chinese, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 27 33 22 19
  4. (Wu) impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable Tags: Wu
    Sense id: en-狠-zh-character-q-xTtAU~ Categories (other): Wu Chinese, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 27 33 22 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 下狠, 五筋狠六筋, 傲狠, 凶狠 (xiōnghěn), 好勇鬥狠 (hàoyǒngdòuhěn), 好勇斗狠 (hàoyǒngdòuhěn), 心狠 (xīnhěn), 心狠手辣 (xīnhěnshǒulà), 惡狠狠 (èhěnhěn), 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn), 氣狠狠, 气狠狠, 沒事狠, 没事狠, 狠三狠四, 狠劣, 狠命, 狠天碌地, 狠天落地, 狠心 (hěnxīn), 狠性命, 狠惡, 狠恶, 狠愎自用, 狠戾, 狠手, 狠招, 狠毒 (hěndú), 狠狠的, 狠話 (hěnhuà), 狠话 (hěnhuà), 狠霸霸, 發狠 (fāhěn), 发狠 (fāhěn), 發老狠, 发老狠, 羊狠狼貪, 羊狠狼贪, 耍狠, 負氣鬥狠, 负气斗狠, 貪狠, 贪狠, 賭狠, 赌狠, 野狠, 陰狠, 阴狠, 面善心狠 (miànshàn xīnhěn)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "下狠"
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      "word": "狠招"
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      "roman": "hěndú",
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    {
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      "word": "狠话"
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      "roman": "fāhěn",
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      "word": "发老狠"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "羊狠狼貪"
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      "word": "羊狠狼贪"
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      "word": "耍狠"
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      "word": "負氣鬥狠"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "负气斗狠"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "贪狠"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "赌狠"
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      "word": "野狠"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "陰狠"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "阴狠"
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          "english": "Out of all the classmates, she's one of the most capable.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Ningbonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "同學裡向,渠算狠𡀂。",
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        {
          "english": "Out of all the classmates, she's one of the most capable.",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "text": "同学里向,渠算狠𡀂。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "She is extremely deft at brush calligraphy.",
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          "ref": " 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 206",
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          "text": "渠毛筆字寫得危險狠。",
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          "text": "渠毛笔字写得危险狠。",
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        "impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable"
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        "(Wu) impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄣˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hyng³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵hen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xən²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ⁴⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ³³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²hen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/hən³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hūn /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xən²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ⁴⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ³³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hən³⁴/"
    }
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}
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    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 狠",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "下狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "五筋狠六筋"
    },
    {
      "word": "傲狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōnghěn",
      "word": "凶狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hàoyǒngdòuhěn",
      "word": "好勇鬥狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hàoyǒngdòuhěn",
      "word": "好勇斗狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnhěn",
      "word": "心狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnhěnshǒulà",
      "word": "心狠手辣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èhěnhěn",
      "word": "惡狠狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èhěnhěn",
      "word": "恶狠狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "氣狠狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "气狠狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "沒事狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "没事狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠三狠四"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠劣"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠命"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠天碌地"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠天落地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hěnxīn",
      "word": "狠心"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠性命"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠惡"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠恶"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠愎自用"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠戾"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠手"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠招"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hěndú",
      "word": "狠毒"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠狠的"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hěnhuà",
      "word": "狠話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hěnhuà",
      "word": "狠话"
    },
    {
      "word": "狠霸霸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāhěn",
      "word": "發狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāhěn",
      "word": "发狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "發老狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "发老狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "羊狠狼貪"
    },
    {
      "word": "羊狠狼贪"
    },
    {
      "word": "耍狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "負氣鬥狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "负气斗狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "貪狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "贪狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "賭狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "赌狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "野狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "陰狠"
    },
    {
      "word": "阴狠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miànshàn xīnhěn",
      "word": "面善心狠"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "犬",
        "2": "艮",
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        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声): semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).",
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    {
      "form": "很"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vicious; cruel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vicious",
          "vicious"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "severely; extreme"
      ],
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        [
          "severely",
          "severely"
        ],
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          "extreme",
          "extreme"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wu Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable"
      ],
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        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
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          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
        ],
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          "threatening",
          "threatening"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonable",
          "unreasonable"
        ]
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        "(Wu) fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wu Chinese",
        "Wu terms with quotations",
        "Wu terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Out of all the classmates, she's one of the most capable.",
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            "Ningbonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "同學裡向,渠算狠𡀂。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Out of all the classmates, she's one of the most capable.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Ningbonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "同学里向,渠算狠𡀂。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She is extremely deft at brush calligraphy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 206",
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "text": "渠毛筆字寫得危險狠。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "She is extremely deft at brush calligraphy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 206",
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "text": "渠毛笔字写得危险狠。",
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        }
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      ],
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          "impressive",
          "impressive"
        ],
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          "skilled",
          "skilled"
        ],
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          "wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "deft",
          "deft"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Wu) impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄣˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hyng³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵hen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xən²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ⁴⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyŋ³³²/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁵⁵⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn"
    },
    {
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hen^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²hen"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "other": "/ hūn /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xən²¹⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hɐn³⁵/"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hun⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hən³⁴/"
    }
  ],
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}

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