猛
měng HSK6

violent

猛 měng
fierce adjective
ferocious, fierce, or violent in intensity

这阵风刮得非常猛。

zhè zhèn fēng guā de fēi​cháng měng.

The wind was blowing very fiercely.

sudden adjective
happening abruptly or unexpectedly

他猛一转身，发现身后站着一个人。

tā měng yī zhuǎn​shēn, fā​xiàn shēn​hòu zhàn zhe yī gè rén.

He turned around abruptly and found someone standing behind him.

awesome adjective
slang for very impressive, powerful, or cool

你这招太猛了！

nǐ zhè zhāo tài měng le!

That was a killer move!

brave adjective
courageous, valiant, or powerful

他虽然个子不高，但在场上拼抢得非常猛。

tā suī​rán gè​zi bù gāo, dàn zài chǎng​shàng pīn​qiǎng de fēi​cháng měng.

Although he is not tall, he plays very aggressively on the court.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,157th most common 123.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,752nd most common 29.6 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.4 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
38.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+731B

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