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Meaning of 怒
Pinyin
nù
Radical
心
Strokes
9
Definition
indignant
Usage
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怒 [nù]
1. 生气，气愤。
Anger, fury: [angry expression] (e.g. 怒色, 怒视, 怒叱, 怒骂, 恼怒, 息怒).
2. 气势盛。
In profusion; burst: (e.g. 怒涛, 怒火, 心花怒放).
3. 中国少数民族，主要分布于云南省。
A minority ethnic group in China, primarily distributed in Yunnan Province: (e.g. 怒族).
4. 谴责。
Blame: (e.g. "若不可教而后怒之").
怒 [nù] (verb)
【本义】: 发怒，明显地表形于外的生气
Basic meaning: To become angry, visibly expressing anger.
1. 同本义
Same as the basic meaning: Astonishingly expressed anger, including fury and rage.
【引】:
1. 《说文》：怒，恚也。
From "Shuowen": Anger is similar to resentment.
2. 《国语·周语》：怨而不怒。
From "The Book of Documents": To harbor resentment but not anger.
3. 《诗·邶风·柏舟》：薄言往愬，逢彼之怒。
From "The Book of Songs": Speak lightly while encountering their anger.
4. 唐·柳宗元《三戒》：驴不胜怒。
From "Three Prohibitions": The donkey cannot withstand anger.
5. 唐·杜甫《石壕吏》：吏呼一何怒。
From "The Stone Wall Officer": How angrily does the officer call out.
6. 晋·干宝《搜神记》：王怒。
From "Records of the Divine": The king is angry.
7. 瞋目大怒。
To glare in great rage.
【例】:
Examples:
又如: 怒烘烘 (in high dudgeon); 怒恶 (ferocity); 怒心 (heart of anger); 怒忿 (indignation); 怒恚 (resentment); 怒猊 (angry lion); 怒恼 (annoyance); 怒愤 (wrath); 怒噪 (clamor of anger).
2. 谴责
Blame:
【引】:
1. 《礼记·内则》：若不可教，而后怒之。
From "The Book of Rites": Only after failing to teach, then to show anger.
【例】:
Examples:
又如: 怒怨 (reproach); 怒言 (words of reproach); 怒谴 (blame).
3. 奋起;奋发
To rise; to strive:
【引】:
1. 《庄子·逍遥游》：(鹏)怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。
From "Zhuangzi": The roc flew with anger, its wings like clouds hanging from the sky.
【例】:
Examples:
又如: 怒行 (to strive eagerly); 怒马 (to rush on horseback); 怒臂 (to strive with arm).
4. 激怒
To irritate.
【引】:
1. 《史记》：自勇其断，则毋以其敌怒之。
From "Records of the Grand Historian": Take courage in your decisions without angering your enemy.
5. 超过
To surpass:
【引】:
1. 《荀子·君子》：刑罚不怒罪，爵赏不踰德。
From "Xunzi": Punishments do not exceed crimes, and rewards do not surpass virtue.
怒 [nù] (adjective)
1. 气势很盛、不可遏止
In profusion; unrestrained:
【引】:
1. 唐·杜甫《茅屋为秋风所破歌》：秋高风怒号。
From "The Song of the Hut": The autumn wind roars fiercely.
2. 如怒涛排壑。
Like angry waves breaking through the valley.
【例】:
Examples:
又如: 怒水 (swift water flow); 怒生 (vigorously growing); 怒芒 (piercing light); 怒华 (blossoms blooming); 怒浪 (raging waves); 怒张 (surging waves); 怒涌 (violent boiling); 怒发 (fury emerging); 怒涨 (water rising sharply).
2. 声响巨大
Roaring:
【例】:
如: 怒号; 怒涛 (roaring waves).
怒 [nù] (noun)
1. 通“孥”。妻子儿女
Referring to “nú” (meaning wife and children).
2. 通“帑”。彗星尾
Referring to "tǎng" (meaning tail).
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand
angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections
Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in northwest Yunnan, capital Liuku or Lutku 六庫鎮|六库镇[Liu4 ku4 zhen4]
Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan
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Input Method for 怒
Pinyin
nu4
Wubi
vcnu
Cangjie
vep
Zhengma
zmxw
Four Corner
47334
Unicode
U+6012
Stroke Number Category
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