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

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

harsh; bitter
cruel; inhumane

Synonyms

(harsh):

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):

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)