殘虐

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See also: 残虐

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	oppressive; tyrannical
trad. (殘虐)		殘	虐
simp. (残虐)		残	虐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánnüè

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cánnüè
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cánnyuè
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-nüeh⁴
  - Yale: tsán-nywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnniueh
  - Palladius: цаньнюэ (canʹnjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ny̯ɛ⁵¹/

Adjective

殘虐

(literary) savage and cruel

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殘虐):

→ Japanese: 残(ざん)虐(ぎゃく) (zangyaku)
→ Korean: 잔학(殘虐) (janhak)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殘	虐
ざん Hyōgai	ぎゃく Grade: S
goon	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 殘虐 – see the following entry.

【残虐ざんぎゃく】

a cruelty, an atrocity

(This term, 殘虐, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
殘	虐

Noun

殘虐 • (janhak) (hangeul 잔학)

hanja form^? of 잔학 (“cruelty; brutality”)

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