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

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

dangerous; perilous; ominous
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):

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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
險	惡

Adjective

險惡

chữ Hán form of hiểm ác (“wicked”)