恶劣 èliè▶ Adverso

Stroke order

恶劣 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 恶 — 10 strokes
• 劣 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. vile
2. nasty
3. of very poor quality

Related words

• 丑恶feo; asqueroso
• 凶恶Feroz
• 厌恶Odiar, odio
• 可恶aborrecible; odioso
• 恶化deteriorar
• 恶心asqueroso

恶劣 is pronounced èliè and means “Adverso”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 恶劣 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.