huī

豗

Character · Verb

to crash; thunderous noise

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to strike against; to collide; to crash

literary

Primarily used in the literary compound 喧豗 (xuān huī) to describe the thunderous crashing of rapids, waterfalls, or thunder. Rarely used as a standalone character in modern Chinese.

Fēi飞
tuān湍
pù瀑
liú流
zhēng争
xuān喧
huī豗
 ，
pīng砯
yá崖
zhuǎn转
shí石
wàn万
hè壑
léi雷
 。

Flying rapids and plunging waterfalls contend in thunderous clamor, pounding cliffs and tumbling stones like thunder in a thousand ravines.

Hōng訇
huī豗
zhòu昼
yè夜
bù不
xī息
 。

The thunderous crash continued day and night without cease.