厲害
See also: 厉害
Chinese
| severe | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (厲害) | 厲 | 害 | |
| simp. (厉害) | 厉 | 害 | |
| alternative forms | 利害 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lai6 hoi6 / lei6 hoi6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): li3 hai3-2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6li-ghe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: lìhài → lìhai (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄏㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: lìhåi
- Wade–Giles: li4-hai5
- Yale: lì-hai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.hay
- Palladius: лихай (lixaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/ → /li⁵¹ xaɪ̯¹/
- Homophones:
Category:Mandarin words containing toneless variants#lìhài利害
厲害 / 厉害Category:Mandarin terms with homophones
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lai6 hoi6 / lei6 hoi6
- Yale: laih hoih / leih hoih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lai6 hoi6 / lei6 hoi6
- Guangdong Romanization: lei6 hoi6 / léi6 hoi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐi̯²² hɔːi̯²²/, /lei̯²² hɔːi̯²²/
- Homophones:
Category:Cantonese terms with homophones利害
厲害 / 厉害
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-hoi
- Hakka Romanization System: li hoi
- Hagfa Pinyim: li4 hoi4
- Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ hoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: li˖ hoi˖
- Sinological IPA: /li³³ hoi³³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: li3 hai3-2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /li⁴⁵ xai⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Adjective
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- (of a wild animal, a person's temper, words, etc.) fierce
- strict; stern; severe
- (of illness, heat, cold, etc.) intense; severe; serious
- 這兒一個路燈都沒有，虧得我雀盲眼不算厲害，沒摔著什麼伍的。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
- Zhàr yī ge lùdēng dōu méiyǒu, kuīde wǒ qiǎomangyǎn bùsuàn lìhai, méi shuāi zhe shénmewǔde. [Pinyin]
- There wasn't a single streetlamp here. Thankfully my nightblindness isn't serious, so I didn't fall or anything.
这儿一个路灯都没有，亏得我雀盲眼不算厉害，没摔着什么伍的。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
- (informalCategory:Chinese informal terms#厂13宀07) excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive
Synonyms
- (fierce):
- 兇惡 / 凶恶 (xiōng'è)
- 兇暴 / 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
- 兇殘 / 凶残 (xiōngcán)
- 兇狠 / 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
- 兇猛 / 凶猛 (xiōngměng)
- 兇險 / 凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
- 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
- 強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
- 忍 (rěn) (literary)
- 惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
- 惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
- 慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 暴力 (bàolì)
- 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
- 暴虐 (bàonüè)
- 暴躁 (bàozào)
- 橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 殘 / 残 (cán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
- 殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
- 殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
- 毒辣 (dúlà)
- 烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
- 狠心 (hěnxīn)
- 狠戾 (hěnlì) (literary)
- 狠毒 (hěndú)
- 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
- 猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
- 粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 辣 (là)
- 酷烈 (kùliè)
- 野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
- 陰功 / 阴功 (jam1 gung1) (Cantonese)
- 險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
- 黑心 (hēixīn)
- (strict):
- (intense):
- (excellent):
- 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
- 了不得 (colloquial)
- 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
- 了勿起 (Wu)
- 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
- 俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
- 偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
- 傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
- 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
- 優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
- 優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
- 優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
- 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 出擢 (Hokkien)
- 出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
- 出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
- 出色 (chūsè)
- 勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
- 勿得了 (Wu)
- 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
- 卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
- 卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
- 卓著 (zhuózhù)
- 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
- 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
- 尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
- 崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
- 彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
- 惡實 / 恶实 (o5 shr6) (Xiang, used as a complement)
- 打得 (Hakka)
- 挺 (tǐng)
- 斐然 (fěirán)
- 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
- 標青 / 标青 (biu1 ceng1) (Cantonese, Teochew)
- 漂亮
- 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
- 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
- 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
- 特出 (tèchū)
- 特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
- 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
- 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
- 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
- 穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
- 突出 (tūchū)
- 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
- 蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
- 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
- 超凡 (chāofán)
- 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
- 超常 (chāocháng)
- 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
- 超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
- 非凡 (fēifán)
- 響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
- 顯著 / 显著 (xiǎnzhù)
- 高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar |
| Taiwan | 厲害, 棒 | |
| Malaysia | 厲害, 夠力 | |
| Singapore | 厲害 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 犀利, 勁 |
| Hong Kong | 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽, 正 excellent | |
| Taishan | 犀利 | |
| Yangjiang | 犀利 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 犀利 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 犀利, 勁 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶, 壁 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 厲害, 慶 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厲害, 慶 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 厲害, 慶 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 厲害, 慶 | |
| Hong Kong | 叻 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 慶 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厲害 |
| Shishi | 厲害 | |
| Zhao'an | 厲害 | |
| Tainan | 厲害 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 厲害 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 | |
| Puning | 厲害, 野 | |
| Haifeng | 厲害 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 厲害 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 結棍 |
| Suzhou | 結棍 | |
| Wuxi | 結棍 | |
| Hangzhou | 結棍 | |
| Ningbo | 結棍 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 䏧腮 |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: lihai
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