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hung

Pronunciation Northern /huŋ˧˧/ Central /huŋ˧˥/ Southern /huŋ˧˧/
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violent
Adjective
violent
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3 senses
Meaning
3 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
violent

Describing someone who tends to be aggressive or violent when they become angry.

vi Anh ta rất hung mỗi khi nổi giận.

en He becomes very violent whenever he gets angry.

Sense 2 Adjective
reddish

Having a reddish or reddish-brown color, specifically when used to describe human hair.

vi Cô ấy rất tự hào về mái tóc màu hung tự nhiên của mình.

en She is very proud of her natural reddish hair.

Adverb

Sense 3 Adverb
very much

Used as an intensifier to describe a very high degree or a large amount of something.

vi Năm nay trời rét hung hơn mọi khi.

en It is much colder this year than usual.

Parts
兇
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
兇
Candidates by syllable
hung 凶(兇 / 匈 / 恟)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
hung bạo / hung hung / hung ác / hung tợn …
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Use
hung hãn / hung thủ / hành hung / hung thần …
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