Meaning
fierce; very
Chinese: 凶狠，也表示程度深。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hen” becomes a different word in each tone. 狠 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 狠心hěn xīncallous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve
- 凶狠xiōng hěncruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- 狠命hěn mìngexerting all one's strength
- 狠绝hěn juéruthless
- 恶狠è hěnfierce and vicious
Example Sentence
为了实现目标，他狠下心来努力训练。Wèi le shí xiàn mù biāo, tā hěn xià xīn lái nǔ lì xùn liàn.To achieve his goal, he steeled himself and trained hard.
为了Wèi lein order to实shíreal现xiànto appear目标mù biāotarget，他tāhe狠hěnruthless下xiàbelow心xīnheart来láito come努力nǔ lìhard-working训练xùn liànto train。