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Chinese
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rhinoceros
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advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
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simp. and trad. (犀利)
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犀
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利
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Pronunciation
Adjective
犀利
- (of a blade) sharp; sharp-edged; keen
- (figurative, of eyes, opinions, writing) sharp; incisive; trenchant; caustic
他在信中的用詞非常犀利。 [MSC, trad.]
他在信中的用词非常犀利。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā zài xìn zhōng de yòngcí fēicháng xīlì.
- His wording in the letter is very sharp.
- (figurative, Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin) surprisingly impressive; amazing
- 好犀利 [Cantonese] ― hou2 sai1 lei6 ― very impressive
Synonyms
- 尖利 (jiānlì)
- 尖而鋒利 / 尖而锋利 (jiān ér fēnglì)
- 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
- 淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
- 鋩 / 铓 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 鋒利 / 锋利 (fēnglì)
- 銳利 / 锐利 (ruìlì)
- 飛快 / 飞快 (fēikuài) (extremely sharp)
- 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 / 卓着 (zhuózhù)
- 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
- 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
- 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)
- 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 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
- 高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)
Dialectal synonyms of
厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
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Taiwan
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厲害, 棒
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Malaysia
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厲害, 夠力
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Singapore
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厲害
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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犀利, 勁
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Hong Kong
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犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
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Penang (Guangfu)
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犀利
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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犀利, 勁
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Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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厲害, 慶
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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厲害, 慶, 壁
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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厲害, 慶
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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厲害, 慶
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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厲害, 慶
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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厲害, 慶
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Hong Kong
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叻
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Kuching (Hepo)
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慶
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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厲害
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Shishi
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厲害
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Zhao'an
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厲害
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Tainan
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厲害
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Penang (Hokkien)
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厲害
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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厲害, 勥, 𠢕
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Manila (Hokkien)
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厲害, 勥, 𠢕
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Puning
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厲害, 野
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Haifeng
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厲害
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Singapore (Teochew)
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厲害
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Wu
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Shanghai
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結棍
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Suzhou
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結棍
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Wuxi
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結棍
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Hangzhou
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結棍
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Ningbo
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結棍
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Xiang
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Changsha
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䏧腮
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Derived terms
Japanese
Adjective
犀利 • (sairi) -na (adnominal 犀利な (sairi na), adverbial 犀利に (sairi ni))
- sharp (of e.g. cutlery, and of e.g. perception)
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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犀利だろ
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さいりだろ
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sairi daro
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Continuative (連用形)
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犀利で
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さいりで
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sairi de
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Terminal (終止形)
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犀利だ
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さいりだ
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sairi da
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Attributive (連体形)
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犀利な
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さいりな
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sairi na
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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犀利なら
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さいりなら
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sairi nara
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Imperative (命令形)
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犀利であれ
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さいりであれ
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sairi de are
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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犀利ではない 犀利じゃない
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さいりではない さいりじゃない
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sairi de wa nai sairi ja nai
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Informal past
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犀利だった
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さいりだった
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sairi datta
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Informal negative past
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犀利ではなかった 犀利じゃなかった
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さいりではなかった さいりじゃなかった
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sairi de wa nakatta sairi ja nakatta
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Formal
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犀利です
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さいりです
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sairi desu
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Formal negative
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犀利ではありません 犀利じゃありません
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さいりではありません さいりじゃありません
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sairi de wa arimasen sairi ja arimasen
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Formal past
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犀利でした
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さいりでした
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sairi deshita
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Formal negative past
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犀利ではありませんでした 犀利じゃありませんでした
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さいりではありませんでした さいりじゃありませんでした
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sairi de wa arimasen deshita sairi ja arimasen deshita
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Conjunctive
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犀利で
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さいりで
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sairi de
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Conditional
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犀利なら(ば)
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さいりなら(ば)
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sairi nara (ba)
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Provisional
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犀利だったら
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さいりだったら
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sairi dattara
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Volitional
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犀利だろう
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さいりだろう
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sairi darō
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Adverbial
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犀利に
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さいりに
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sairi ni
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Degree
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犀利さ
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さいりさ
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sairisa
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Noun
犀利 • (sairi)
- sharp