Chinese symbol for “vehement”
慷慨
kāng kǎi
vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vehement is 慷慨 (kāng kǎi), defined as: vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vehement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce |
| 慷慨激昂 | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned; vehement |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 慷慨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慷慨激昂 | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned; vehement |
| 慷慨解囊 | kāng kǎi jiě náng | to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money; to give generously to charity |
| 慷慨赴义 (慷慨赴義) | kāng kǎi fù yì | heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause |
| 慷慨捐生 | kāng kǎi juān shēng | sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause |
| 慷慨输将 (慷慨輸將) | kāng kǎi shū jiāng | to donate generously (idiom) |
| 愤慨 (憤慨) | fèn kǎi | to resent; resentment |
| 感慨 | gǎn kǎi | to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful |
| 慨叹 (慨嘆) | kǎi tàn | to sigh with regret; lament |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vehement”.
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.