怒 (nù): anger, fury, flourishing
怒 (nù) is a Chinese character meaning “anger.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 奴 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #1141 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 怒 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- anger
- fury
- flourishing
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 怒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 激怒 | jī nù | to infuriate |
| 怒火 | nù huǒ | rage |
| 怒气 | nù qì | anger |
| 发怒 | fā nù | to get angry |
| 狂怒 | kuáng nù | furious |
| 暴怒 | bào nù | to fly into a rage |
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow |
| 恼怒 | nǎo nù | resentful |
| 怒气冲冲 | nù qì chōng chōng | (idiom) spitting anger |
| 迁怒 | qiān nù | to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it) |
| 怒不可遏 | nù bù kě è | unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) |
| 触怒 | chù nù | to anger sb |
| 震怒 | zhèn nù | to be furious |
| 动怒 | dòng nù | to get angry |
| 恼羞成怒 | nǎo xiū chéng nù | (idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation |
怒 appears in 69 compound words: 42 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 19 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 怒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (18)
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes; to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
unable to contain one's anger; cannot restrain one's fury; be in a towering rage
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes; to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
Showing 12 of 18 idioms containing 怒.
Example Sentences
这件事让我怒烦意乱，整夜都没有睡好。
zhè jiàn shì ràng wǒ nù fán yì luàn , zhěng yè dū méi yǒu shuì hǎo .
This incident left me furious and distraught, and I couldn't sleep a wink all night.
视帝真田广之怒吼“给我过来!”浅野忠信回归决一死战
shì dì zhēn tián guǎng zhī nù hǒu gěi wǒ guò lái ! qiǎn yě zhōng xìn huí guī jué yī sǐ zhàn
Emperor Sanada Hiroyuki roared, "Come over to me!" Tadanobu Asano returns to fight to the death
酒局洗脸球星尪 刘雨柔暴怒:孩子不是我一人
jiǔ jú xǐ liǎn qiú xīng 尪 liú yǔ róu bào nù : hái zǐ bù shì wǒ yī rén
Liu Yurou was furious: I am not the only child in the country
长和巴拿马港口将被接管 港怒批巴拿马自毁信用
cháng hé bā ná mǎ gǎng kǒu jiāng bèi jiē guǎn gǎng nù pī bā ná mǎ zì huǐ xìn yòng
Changhe Panama port will be taken over Hong Kong angrily criticized Panama for self-destructing credit
拖吊10公里要10万!蒋万安怒轰“趁火打劫” 指示局处严查恶霸行为
tuō diào 1 0 gōng lǐ yāo 1 0 wàn ! 蒋 wàn ān nù hōng chèn huǒ dǎ jié zhǐ shì jú chǔ yán chá è bà háng wéi
Towing 10 kilometers costs 100,000 yuan! Jiang Wan'an angrily bombarded the bureau to "rob while the fire is in the fire" and instructed the bureau to strictly investigate the behavior of bullies
我们听到远处老虎的怒吼。
Wǒmen tīngdào yuǎnchù lǎohǔ de nùhǒu.
We heard tigers roaring in the distance.
我无法压抑心中的怒火。
Wǒ wúfǎ yāyì xīnzhōng de nùhuǒ.
I couldn't keep my anger down.
当我忘记约定时，他十分愤怒。
Dāng wǒ wàngjì yuēdìng shí, tā shífēn fènnù.
When I forgot my promise, he got really angry.
即使他道歉了，我还是很愤怒。
Jíshǐ tā dàoqiàn le, wǒ háishi hěn fènnù.
Even though he apologized, I'm still furious.
总理的发言估计激怒了在野党。
Zǒnglǐ de fāyán gūjì jīnù le zàiyědǎng.
The Prime Minister's speech was calculated to anger the opposition parties.
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