Chinese symbol for “hostility”
嫌隙
xián xì
hostility; animosity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hostility is 嫌隙 (xián xì), defined as: hostility; animosity.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hostility”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敌意 (敵意) | dí yì | enmity; hostility |
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | to hate; hatred |
| 敌对性 (敵對性) | dí duì xìng | hostility; antagonism; adversarial; hostile |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嫌隙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 嫌疑人 | xián yí rén | a suspect |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion; to have suspicions |
| 嫌弃 (嫌棄) | xián qì | to regard with disdain; to shun |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 缝隙 (縫隙) | fèng xì | small crack; chink |
| 空隙 | kòng xì | crack; gap between two objects |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hostility”.
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.