Chinese symbol for “aggressive”
气势汹汹
qì shì xiōng xiōng
Traditional: 氣勢洶洶
aggressive; truculent; overbearing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aggressive is 气势汹汹 (qì shì xiōng xiōng), defined as: aggressive; truculent; overbearing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aggressive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸气 (霸氣) | bà qì | imperious; aggressive; assertive; dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:股 (gǔ)) |
| 嚣张 (囂張) | xiāo zhāng | rampant; unbridled |
| 过激 (過激) | guò jī | drastic; extreme |
| 咄咄逼人 | duō duō bī rén | overbearing; forceful |
| 好胜 (好勝) | hào shèng | eager to win; competitive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 气势汹汹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage |
| 气氛 (氣氛) | qì fēn | atmosphere; mood |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 汹涌 (洶湧) | xiōng yǒng | to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent |
| 波涛汹涌 (波濤洶湧) | bō tāo xiōng yǒng | waves surging forth; roaring sea |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aggressive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.