Chinese symbol for “snarl”
怒吼
nù hǒu
to bellow; to rave; to snarl
The closest CC-CEDICT match for snarl is 怒吼 (nù hǒu), defined as: to bellow; to rave; to snarl.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “snarl”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龇牙咧嘴 (齜牙咧嘴) | zī yá liě zuǐ | (idiom) to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怒吼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愤怒 (憤怒) | fèn nù | angry; indignant |
| 激怒 | jī nù | to infuriate; to enrage |
| 怒火 | nù huǒ | rage; fury |
| 怒气 (怒氣) | nù qì | anger |
| 发怒 (發怒) | fā nù | to get angry |
| 吼叫 | hǒu jiào | to howl; to bellow; to yell |
| 吼声 (吼聲) | hǒu shēng | roar |
| 嘶吼 | sī hǒu | to yell; to shout |
See also: Japanese symbol for “snarl”.
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.