雄 (hung4 | xiong2) : male; powerful; mighty

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雄

hung4

xiong2

[1] [adj] male; masculine; virile
[2] [adj] powerful; mighty; grand; imposing
[3] [n] powerful and influential person or state

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#172)

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

雄

This word has been viewed 8954 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Dec 2010 14:33

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射鵰英雄傳 se6 diu1 jing1 hung4 zyun6 she4 diao1 ying1 xiong2 zhuan4 = Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations

英雄 jing1 hung4 ying1 xiong2 = hero

雄偉 hung4 wai5 xiong2 wei3 = grand

雄厚 hung4 hau5 xiong2 hou4 = solid; strong

雄壯 hung4 zong3 xiong2 zhuang4 = majestic; awesome

雄心 hung4 sam1 xiong2 xin1 = lofty aspirations; great goals

一決雌雄 jat1 kyut3 ci1 hung4 yi1 jue2 ci2 xiong2 = to have a show-down; to fight for mastery; to compete for a championship

雌雄 ci1 hung4 ci2 xiong2 = female and male, both sexes

有雄心 jau5 hung4 sam1 you3 xiong2 xin1 = ambitious

女英雄 neoi5 jing1 hung4 nv3 ying1 xiong2 = heroine
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亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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Decimal representation of this word: 雄
Unicode code for this character: U+96c4 (off-site link)

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