HSK 6
common
adjective
internet

Meaning of

酷 means cruel; brutal; merciless; extremely; very; intensely. Pronounced kù. HSK 6.

  • cruel; brutal; merciless
  • extremely; very; intensely
  • cool; awesome; handsome and stylish

Character Info

Radical
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Components

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Definitions & Examples

dài
de
cháng
cháng
shǐ使
yòng
yán
xíng
jùn
 

Cruel officials in ancient times often used severe punishments.

Zhè
zhǒng
liè
de
shǒu
duàn
lìng
rén
zhǐ
 

This cruel method is appalling.

zhèng
zhī
xià
 
bǎi
xìng
shēng
huó
kùn
 

Under the cruel government, people lived in hardship.

de
yǎn
shén
zhōng
tòu
zhe
 

His eyes showed a cruel intensity.

shǐ
shàng
zǎi
le
duō
de
àn
 

History records many cases of cruel laws.