兇殘

Chinese

		fierce	destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
trad. (兇殘/凶殘)		兇/凶	殘
simp. (凶残)		凶	残

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngcán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄘㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ caan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-chân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngcán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄘㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongcán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-tsʻan²
    • Yale: syūng-tsán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongtsarn
    • Palladius: сюнцань (sjuncanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ caan⁴
    • Yale: hūng chàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tsaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ can⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-chân
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-tsân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongzaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ t͡san²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san¹³/

Adjective

兇殘

1. fierce and cruel; savage and cruel

Synonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 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)
• 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 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Noun

兇殘

1. (formal) fierce and cruel person