恶 (惡) è

  1. è noun evil; vice
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'è' 恶 n; NCCED '恶' è 1)
  2. è adjective evil; wicked; bad; foul; malevolent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' è 1, p. 100; NCCED '恶' è 3; Unihan '惡')
  3. ě adjective queasy; nauseous
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 恶心 (ABC 'ě' 恶; NCCED '恶' ě)
  4. verb to hate; to detest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'wù' 恶 bf; Kroll 2015 '惡' wù 1, p. 100; NCCED '惡' wù)
  5. pronoun how?
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An interrogative pronoun used in Classical Chinese, often followed by 乎 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 96). For example, 君子去仁,惡乎成名? 'If a superior man [junzi] abandon virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; Kroll 2015 '惡' wū 1, p. 100; NCCED '惡' wū 1)
  6. è adjective fierce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'è' 恶 v; NCCED '恶' 'è' 1)
  7. è adjective detestable; offensive; unpleasant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' è 2, p. 100)
  8. verb to denounce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惡' wù 2, p. 100)
  9. interjection oh!
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '惡' wū 2)

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