殘酷

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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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàn-khu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: can^ˇ 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

cruel; ruthless
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)
橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
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 Hyōgai	こく Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

殘(ざん)酷(こく) • (zankoku)

Kyūjitai form of 残酷 (“cruelty”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
殘	酷

Noun

殘酷 • (janhok) (hangeul 잔혹)

hanja form^? of 잔혹 (“cruelty; brutality; atrocity; heartlessness; ruthlessness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殘	酷

Adjective

殘酷

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

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