"Intense" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 强烈 | qiáng liè | strong / intense |   |
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] | |
| 厉害 |  lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme | |
| 尖锐 | jiān ruì | sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) | |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce / violent / vigorous / intense | |
| 浓郁 | nóng yù | rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense | |
| 烈性 | liè xìng | strong / intense / spirited / virulent | |
| 激越 | jī yuè | intense / loud | |
| 繁密 | fán mì | numerous and close together / (of hair) luxuriant / (of woods) dense / (of gunfire) intense | |
| 酷烈 | kù liè | intense / brutal / fierce | |
| 烈 | liè | ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements | |
| 隆 | lóng | grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge | |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot | |
| 重口味 | zhòng kǒu wèi | strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) / (of food) strongly flavored / (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors / (slang) intense / hardcore | |
| 炽盛 | chì shèng | ablaze (fire) / intense (anger, desire etc) / prosperous / booming | |
| 煋 | xīng | (literary) (of a fire) fierce / intense / blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions | |
| 酷暑 | kù shǔ | intense heat / extremely hot weather | |
| 变本加厉 | biàn běn jiā lì | lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify | |
| 酌定 | zhuó dìng | to decide after intense deliberation | |
| 凄 | qī | intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful | |
| 烈火干柴 | liè huǒ gān chái | lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers | |
| 愈演愈烈 | yù yǎn yù liè | ever more critical / problems get more and more intense | |
| 热辣辣 | rè là là | burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense | |
| 强烈愿望 | qiáng liè yuàn wàng | intense desire | |
| 烈怒 | liè nù | intense rage | |
| 稠密等离子体聚焦装置 | dense plasma focus / intense plasma focus | | |
| 鲜烈 | xiān liè | fresh and intense / vivid | |
| 刀光剑影 | dāo guāng jiàn yǐng | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict | |
| 黑化 | hēi huà | to blacken / (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precipitated by intense psychological stress) | |
