厉害 - Mandarin word #756

厉害

lìhài

Traditional: 厲害

HSK 4

#756 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

impressive, fierce, severe, awesome

Stroke order

厉

害

！

You are so impressive!

。

His skill is really impressive.

技jì术shù。

Her skills are truly awesome.

！

She runs really impressively!

病bìng。

This kind of illness is very severe.

厉害 (lì hài) means impressive, fierce, severe, awesome. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

很棒

very good, excellent

太棒了

that's great, awesome

伟大

great, grand, magnificent

正确

correct, accurate, right

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 16.