凶
xiōng HSK6

vicious, fierce

凶 (兇) xiōng frequency
fierce adjective
ferocious, violent, or frightening in manner or appearance

那只狗看起来非常凶。

nà zhī gǒu kàn​qǐ​lai fēi​cháng xiōng.

That dog looks very fierce.

famine noun
crop failure or a year of poor harvest

连年遭凶，百姓生活困苦。

lián​nián zāo xiōng, bǎi​xìng shēng​huó kùn​kǔ.

Suffering through successive bad years, the people lived in hardship.

inauspicious noun
unlucky, ominous, or boding ill

这事听起来吉凶未卜，还是小心为妙。

zhè shì tīng qi​lai jí xiōng wèi​bǔ, hái​shi xiǎo​xīn wéi miào.

This sounds like its outcome is uncertain; it is better to be careful.

murderous noun
relating to murder, violence, or a criminal act

警察封锁了现场，试图寻找杀人的真凶。

jǐng​chá fēng​suǒ le xiàn​chǎng, shì​tú xún​zhǎo shā​rén de zhēn xiōng.

The police cordoned off the scene and tried to find the real killer.

凶 xiōng
vicious adjective
fierce, cruel, or violent in nature or behavior

别看他长得很凶，其实他的性格很随和。

bié kàn tā zhǎng de hěn xiōng, qí​shí tā de xìng​gé hěn suí​hé.

Don't be fooled by his fierce appearance; he actually has a very easygoing personality.

ominous noun
unlucky, inauspicious, or boding ill

他今天抽到了一张写着凶字的签，心情很差。

tā jīn​tiān chōu​dào le yī zhāng xiě zhe xiōng zì de qiān, xīn​qíng hěn chà.

He is in a bad mood today because he drew a fortune slip indicating bad luck.

famine adjective
crop failure or a year of poor harvest

那几年连逢凶岁，百姓们被迫背井离乡。

nà jǐ nián lián féng xiōng suì, bǎi​xìng men bèi​pò bèi​jǐng​lí​xiāng.

During those years of consecutive bad harvests, the people were forced to flee their homes.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,378th most common 86.3 per million
Movie subtitles
830th most common 148.7 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.2 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
18.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+51F6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)