猛 (maang5 | meng3) : ferocious; energetic; abruptly

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猛

maang5

meng3

[1] [adj] ferocious; fierce; violent; savage
[2] [adj] energetic; vigorous; powerful
[3] [adv] abruptly; suddenly; quickly

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 犬 (#94)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

猛

This word has been viewed 8155 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Nov 2010 05:24

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猛鬼 maang5 gwai2 meng3 gui3 = fierce ghost; severely haunted

兇猛 hung1 maang5 xiong1 meng3 = fierce

猛烈 maang5 lit6 meng3 lie4 = fierce, violent (criticism, etc.)

龍精虎猛 lung4 zing1 fu2 maang5 long2 jing1 hu2 meng3 = fit as a fiddle

威猛 wai1 maang5 = domineering

生猛 saang1 maang5 = full of life, lively, "alive and kicking" 粵

猛人 maang5 jan4 = somebody else

高大威猛 gou1 daai6 wai1 maang5 = burly

猛然 maang5 jin4 meng3 ran2 = suddenly; abruptly

突飛猛進 dat6 fei1 maang5 zeon3 tu2 fei1 meng3 jin4 (Taiwan), tu1 fei1 meng3 jin4 (PRC) = to progress rapidly; to advance by leaps and bounds
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 猛

呢間房黑猛猛粵
This room is pitch black.

佢曬太陽曬到黑猛猛粵
He sunbathed so much he got a great tan.
[Lit. he shine-sun shine-arrive pitch black. 佢曬到黑猛猛 is okay too.]

爬到上山頂, 猛咁嗍氣。粵
I gasp for breath after climbing up the hilltop.

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 猛
Unicode code for this character: U+731b (off-site link)

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