酷烈

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	ardent; intense; split ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
trad. (酷烈)		酷	烈
simp. #(酷烈)		酷	烈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùliè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-lieh⁴
    • Yale: kù-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhlieh
    • Palladius: куле (kule)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ lit⁶
    • Yale: huhk liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² liːt̚²/

Adjective

酷烈

1. cruel; brutal; savage
2. (of smell) strong
3. (of sunshine etc.) strong; fierce; scorching

Synonyms

• (cruel):

• 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)
• 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)
• 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
• 陰功／阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酷烈):

• → Japanese: 酷烈(こくれつ) (kokuretsu)
• → Korean: 혹렬(酷烈) (hongnyeol)
• → Vietnamese: khốc liệt (酷烈)