hěn

  1. hěn adverb very
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
    Notes: 很 is an adverb of degree (Guoyu '很' adv; XHZD '很', p. 274). For example, 她看一切事情都很好 'She saw that everything was very good.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 18) It began to be used in this sense in the Yuan (Norman 1988, p. 127).
  2. hěn verb disobey
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '很' v; Kroll 2015 '很' 1, p 159)
  3. hěn noun a dispute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '很' n; Kroll 2015 '很' 2, p 159)
  4. hěn verb violent; cruel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '很' adj)

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