殘酷

See also: 残酷

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great
trad. (殘酷)		殘	酷
simp. (残酷)		残	酷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ huk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàn-khu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chân-khok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang⁵ kog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánkù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsán-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnkuh
    • Palladius: цаньку (canʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ huk⁶
    • Yale: chàahn huhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ huk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ hug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ hʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàn-khu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: canˇ kug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: can² kug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰan¹¹ kʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-khok
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-khok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zanqog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² kʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² kʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² kʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡san²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san²³⁻³³ kʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang⁵ kog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng khok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰok̚²/

Adjective

殘酷

1. cruel; ruthless
2. difficult and dangerous

Synonyms

• (cruel):

• 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)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
• 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)
• 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
• 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
• 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
• 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 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殘	酷
ざん Hyōgaiji	こく Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

殘(ざん)酷(こく) • (zankoku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 残酷 (“cruelty”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
殘	酷

Noun

殘酷 • (janhok) (hangeul 잔혹)

1. Hanja form^? of 잔혹 (“cruelty; brutality; atrocity; heartlessness; ruthlessness”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殘	酷

Adjective

殘酷

1. chữ Hán form of tàn khốc (“catastrophic; disastrous; devastating”).