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雄风 (xióng fēng) — strong wind; mighty gale; stately bearing; majestic aura

Definition

Literary noun with two idiomatic senses: a fierce, powerful wind (sense 1, with measure word 阵), and — more figuratively — a commanding, majestic presence or spirit (sense 2). The second sense is the one you'll actually use in writing.

noun
strong windmighty galestately bearingmajestic aura
Measure word · 阵

Examples

  • 雄风，。
    Shān shàng guā qǐ le xióng fēng, lián dà shù dōu bèi chuī dǎo le.
    A strong wind blew on the mountain, even big trees were blown down.
  • ，雄风。
    Zhè wèi lǎo jiàng jūn suī rán nián shì yǐ gāo, dàn yī rán bù jiǎn dāng nián xióng fēng.
    Although this old general is advanced in years, he still retains the majestic bearing of his prime.
  • 雄风。
    Zhōng guó nǚ pái zài sài chǎng shàng zhǎn xiàn le wán qiáng de xióng fēng.
    The Chinese women's volleyball team displayed a tenacious and imposing spirit on the court.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

雄xióngmighty
风fēngwind

雄 suggests power or might, and 风 is wind, so the word means a mighty wind or a majestic bearing.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuī
Sound part声符shēngfú
厷
厷gōng雄xióng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雄 is formed by putting 隹 together with 厷, with 厷 giving the character's sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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