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殘酷

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

Adjective

殘酷

cruel; ruthless
difficult and dangerous

Synonyms

殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cánkù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ huk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàn-khu̍k
Min Nan (POJ): chân-khok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cánkù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanrkuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̠n³⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caan⁴ huk⁶
  - Yale: chàahn huhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ huk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːn²¹ hʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàn-khu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: canˇ kug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: can² kug⁶
  - IPA: /t͡sʰan¹¹ kʰuk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/