Violent in Chinese
violent · HSK 5
强烈
- 强 strong
- 烈 strong
今天中午的阳光很强烈。 The sunlight is very intense at noon today.
Other ways to say violent
More words with 强 or 烈
How do you say violent in Chinese?
Violent in Chinese is 强烈 (qiáng liè). You can also say 剧烈 (jù liè), 暴力 (bào lì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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