酷烈

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 ljɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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):

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Synonyms of 酷烈

暴力 (bàolì) 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary) 暴虐 (bàonüè) 暴躁 (bàozào) 毒辣 (dúlà) 狠心 (hěnxīn) 狠毒 (hěndú) 陰功／阴功 (Cantonese) 黑心 (hēixīn) 凶暴 (xiōngbào) 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) 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)

嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù) 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào) 惡劣／恶劣 (èliè) 惡勢／恶势 (Min Nan) 惡毒／恶毒 (èdú) 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds) 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds) 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn) 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào) 殘酷／残酷 (cánkù) 烏心／乌心 (Min Nan) 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng) 粗殘／粗残 (Min Nan) 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán) 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酷烈):

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