猛 (měng): ferocious, fierce, violent
猛 (měng) is a Chinese character meaning “ferocious.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 孟 (phonetic). It ranks #1155 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 猛 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).
Definitions
- ferocious
- fierce
- violent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猛虎 | měng hǔ | fierce tiger |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce |
| 勇猛 | yǒng měng | bold and powerful |
| 凶猛 | xiōng měng | fierce |
| 猛禽 | měng qín | bird of prey |
| 猛兽 | měng shòu | ferocious beast |
| 猛击 | měng jī | to slap |
| 猛犸 | měng mǎ | mammoth (genus Mammuthus) |
| 迅猛 | xùn měng | quick and violent |
| 猛地 | měng de | suddenly |
| 威猛 | wēi měng | bold and powerful |
| 猛攻 | měng gōng | to attack violently |
| 突飞猛进 | tū fēi měng jìn | to advance by leaps and bounds |
| 猛然 | měng rán | suddenly |
| 猛打 | měng dǎ | to strike |
猛 appears in 49 compound words: 71 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 猛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
老虎是猛兽，在野外遇到时要保持距离。
Lǎohǔ shì měngshòu, zài yěwài yù dào shí yào bǎochí jùlí.
Tigers are fierce animals; keep your distance when encountering them in the wild.
...貨王 百貨商圈概念宅成市場焦點 品牌建商猛購地卡位
. . . 貨 wáng bǎi 貨 shāng juān gài niàn zhái chéng shì 場 jiāo 點 pǐn pái jiàn shāng měng 購 dì kǎ wèi
...The King of Goods: Department Store-Style Residential Concepts Capture Market Attention Premium Developers Rush to Snap Up Land to Secure Prime Locations
經典賽》衛冕軍火力全開!佐藤輝明猛打賞灌5打點、森下翔太開轟4打點 日本隊...
經 diǎn 賽 衛 冕 軍 huǒ lì quán 開 ! zuǒ téng 輝 míng měng dǎ 賞 guàn dǎ 點 sēn xià xiáng tài 開 轟 dǎ 點 rì běn 隊 . . .
Classic》Defending Champions Unleash Full Offensive Firepower! Teruaki Sato Delivers a Three-Hit Game with 5 RBIs, Shota Morishita Blasts a Homerun for 4 RBIs... Japan Team...
.../好天氣倒數!一週2波鋒面接力 這天雨最猛「連下4天」
. . . hǎo tiān 氣 dǎo 數 ! yī 週 bō 鋒 miàn jiē lì 這 tiān yǔ zuì měng 連 xià tiān
... /The weather is good! 2 Waves of Fronts in a Week - Raining for 4 Days!
台股金蛇年這7檔規模翻倍增 吸金力道猛
tái gǔ jīn shé nián 這 檔 規 mó fān bèi zēng xī jīn lì dào měng
Taiwan stocks doubled the size of these 7 files in the Year of the Golden Snake, attracting gold.
一场极致的气温震荡即将登场!气温猛冲到“四月春”后..
yī chǎng jí zhì de qì wēn zhèn dàng jí jiāng dēng chǎng ! qì wēn měng chōng dào sì yuè chūn hòu . .
An extreme temperature shock is on the way! Temperatures jumped to "April Spring" after...
心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
Xīn yǒu měng hǔ, xì xiù qiángwēi.
In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
旅行社的利润猛涨。
Lǚxíngshè de lìrùn měngzhàng.
Travel agencies' profits soared.
老虎是一种非常凶猛的动物。
Lǎohǔ shì yīzhǒng fēicháng xiōngměng de dòngwù.
A tiger is a very ferocious kind of animal.
人要从狗猛酒酸的典故中吸取教训。
Rén yào cóng gǒu měng jiǔ suān de diǎngù zhōng xīqǔjiàoxun.
One must learn a lesson from the difficult situations and bad conditions in one's life.
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