Chinese symbol for “awfully”
要死
yào sǐ
extremely; awfully
The closest CC-CEDICT match for awfully is 要死 (yào sǐ), defined as: extremely; awfully.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “awfully”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不亦乐乎 (不亦樂乎) | bù yì lè hū | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully |
| 要死要活 | yào sǐ yào huó | terribly; awfully |
| 得可以 | de kě yǐ | (coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 要死.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
See also: Japanese symbol for “awfully”.
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.