Chinese symbol for “appalling”
雷人
léi rén
(Internet slang) shocking; appalling; terrifying; terrific
The closest CC-CEDICT match for appalling is 雷人 (léi rén), defined as: (Internet slang) shocking; appalling; terrifying; terrific.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “appalling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 了得 | liǎo de | exceptional; outstanding |
| 没眼看 (沒眼看) | méi yǎn kàn | (coll.) can't bear to look at it; hideous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 雷人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷达 (雷達) | léi dá | (loanword) radar |
| 布雷 (佈雷) | bù léi | to lay mines |
| 鱼雷 (魚雷) | yú léi | torpedo |
| 地雷 | dì léi | land mine (颗 (kē)); (fig.) sore point; weak spot |
| 迅雷 | xùn léi | thunderbolt |
| 雷霆 | léi tíng | sound of thunder |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “appalling”.
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.