CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

咆哮

páoxiào

(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 咆哮 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 咆哮 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

狗对著这个陌生男子咆哮。gǒu duì zhù zhè ge mò shēng nán zi páo xiāo。

The dog growled at the strange man.

这只狗对著一个小男孩咆哮。zhè zhǐ gǒu duì zhù yí gè xiǎo nán hái páo xiāo。

The dog growled at a little boy.

那个男人大声咆哮，但她训练有素的客服式微笑始终没有消退。nà ge nán rén dà shēng páo xiāo， dàn tā xùn liàn yǒu sù de kè fú shì wēi xiào shǐ zhōng méi yǒu xiāo tuì。

The man ranted and raved, but her well practiced customer service smile remained unflinching.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 咆哮.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 咆哮.

Directly before

男子咆哮1
小男孩咆哮1
大声咆哮1
龇牙咆哮1

Directly after

No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 咆哮

What does 咆哮 mean in Chinese?

咆哮 (páoxiào) means (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar.

How do you pronounce 咆哮?

咆哮 is pronounced páoxiào.

Is 咆哮 an HSK word?

咆哮 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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