# 厲害
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lìhài
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^6$ hoi$^6$ / lei$^6$ hoi$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): li-hoi
    (Hailu, HRS): li$^˖$ hoi$^˖$
* Jin (Wiktionary): li$^3$ hai$^{3-2}$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-hāi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^6$ hai$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li-ghe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìhài → lìhai (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄏㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìhåi
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-hai$^5$
*** Yale: lì-hai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.hay
*** Palladius: лихай (lixaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/ → /li⁵¹ xaɪ̯¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$利害 厲害 / 厉害
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^6$ hoi$^6$ / lei$^6$ hoi$^6$
*** Yale: laih hoih / leih hoih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$ hoi$^6$ / lei$^6$ hoi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$ hoi$^6$ / léi$^6$ hoi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²² hɔːi̯²²/, /lei̯²² hɔːi̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$利害 厲害 / 厉害
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-hoi
*** Hakka Romanization System: li hoi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$ hoi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ hoi̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^˖$ hoi$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /li³³ hoi³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: li$^3$ hai$^{3-2}$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /li⁴⁵ xai⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hāi
*** Tâi-lô: lī-hāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixhai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ hai²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² hai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ hai²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hai³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hai³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^6$ hai$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ hāi
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵⁻¹¹ hai¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$li-ghe
*** MiniDict: li$^去$ ghe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$li-hhe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² ɦe⁴⁴/

### Adjective

厲害
* (of a wild animal, a person's temper, words, etc.) fierce
* strict; stern; severe
* (of illness, heat, cold, etc.) intense; severe; serious
       Zhàr yī ge lùdēng dōu méiyǒu, kuīde wǒ qiǎomangyǎn bùsuàn lìhai, méi shuāi zhe shénmewǔde. [Pinyin]
       There wasn't a single streetlamp here. Thankfully my nightblindness isn't serious, so I didn't fall or anything.
* (informal) excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive

#### Synonyms

* (fierce):
* 兇惡 / 凶恶 (xiōng'è)
* 兇殘 / 凶残 (xiōngcán)
* 兇狠 / 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
* 兇猛 / 凶猛 (xiōngměng)
* 兇險 / 凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
* 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
* 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
* 強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
* 忍 (rěn) (literary)
* 惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
* 惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
* 慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 暴力 (bàolì)
* 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
* 暴虐 (bàonüè)
* 暴躁 (bàozào)
* 橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 殘 / 残 (cán) (literary, or in compounds)
* 殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
* 殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
* 殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
* 毒辣 (dúlà)
* 烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
* 狠心 (hěnxīn)
* 狠毒 (hěndú)
* 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
* 猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
* 粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 辣 (là)
* 酷烈 (kùliè)
* 野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
* 陰功 / 阴功 (jam$^1$ gung$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
* 黑心 (hēixīn)
* (strict):
* 嚴 / 严 (yán)
* 嚴厲 / 严厉 (yánlì)
* 嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
* 嚴正 / 严正 (yánzhèng)
* 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
* 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
* 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
* 整肅 / 整肃 (zhěngsù)
* 正經 / 正经
* 淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
* 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
* 矜持 (jīnchí)
* 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
* 莊重 / 庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
* 鄭重 / 郑重 (zhèngzhòng)
* (intense):
* 劇烈 / 剧烈 (jùliè)
* 嚴 / 严 (yán)
* 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
* 強烈 / 强烈 (qiángliè)
* 急劇 / 急剧 (jíjù)
* 急驟 / 急骤 (jízhòu)
* 激
* 激烈 (jīliè)
* 火熱 / 火热 (huǒrè)
* 熾烈 / 炽烈 (chìliè) (figurative)
* 熾盛 / 炽盛 (chìshèng) (formal, of an emotion)
* 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 猛烈 (měngliè)
* (excellent):
* 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
* 了不得 (colloquial)
* 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
* 了勿起 (Wu)
* 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
* 偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
* 傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
* 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
* 優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
* 優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
* 優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
* 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 出擢 (Hokkien)
* 出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
* 出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
* 出色 (chūsè)
* 勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
* 勿得了 (Wu)
* 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
* 卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
* 卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
* 卓著 (zhuózhù)
* 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
* 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
* 尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
* 崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
* 彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
* 惡實 / 恶实 (o$^5$ shr$^6$) (Xiang, used as a complement)
* 打得 (Hakka)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 斐然 (fěirán)
* 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
* 標青 / 标青 (biu$^1$ ceng$^1$) (Cantonese, Teochew)
* 漂亮
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
* 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
* 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
* 特出 (tèchū)
* 特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
* 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
* 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
* 穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
* 突出 (tūchū)
* 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
* 蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
* 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
* 超凡 (chāofán)
* 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
* 超常 (chāocháng)
* 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
* 超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
* 非凡 (fēifán)
* 響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
* 顯著 / 显著 (xiǎnzhù)
* 高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 厲害, 棒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 厲害, 夠力 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 厲害 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 犀利, 勁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 犀利 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 犀利, 勁 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶, 壁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 叻 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 慶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 厲害, 野 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 厲害 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 結棍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 結棍 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 結棍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 結棍 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 結棍 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 䏧腮 |

#### Derived terms

* 心歹無人知，喙歹上厲害 / 心歹无人知，喙歹上厉害

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: lihai