Chinese symbol for “devastate”
肆虐
sì nüè
to wreak havoc; to devastate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for devastate is 肆虐 (sì nüè), defined as: to wreak havoc; to devastate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “devastate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毁坏 (毀壞) | huǐ huài | to damage; to devastate |
| 蹂躏 (蹂躪) | róu lìn | to ravage; to devastate |
| 残害 (殘害) | cán hài | to injure; to devastate |
| 摧 | cuī | to break; to destroy |
| 斫丧 (斫喪) | zhuó sàng | to ravage; to devastate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肆虐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大肆 | dà sì | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) |
| 肆意 | sì yì | wantonly; recklessly |
| 肆无忌惮 (肆無忌憚) | sì wú jì dàn | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled |
| 放肆 | fàng sì | wanton; unbridled |
| 酒肆 | jiǔ sì | wine shop; liquor store |
| 虐待 | nüè dài | to mistreat; to maltreat |
| 暴虐 | bào nüè | brutal; tyrannical |
| 受虐 | shòu nüè | to suffer sexual abuse; masochism |
See also: Japanese symbol for “devastate”.
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.