残
酷

Cruel in Chinese: 残酷 (cán kù)

cán kù

cruel

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 殘酷1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cruel
  2. 2cruelty

Stroke order

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残
酷

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ㄘㄢˊ

cán

ㄘ/ cㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄨˋ

kù

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

残酷

Simplified

殘酷

Traditional

Example sentences

See 残酷 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 战争是非常残酷的。

    zhàn zhēng shì fēi cháng cán kù de。

    War is extremely cruel.

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Related words

酷

kù

ruthless

残

cán

to destroy

残疾

cán jí

disabled

残留

cán liú

to remain

残缺

cán quē

badly damaged

残忍

cán rěn

cruel

酷似

kù sì

to strikingly resemble

冷酷

lěng kù

unfeeling

伤残

shāng cán

disabled

凶残

xiōng cán

savage

残疾人

cán jí rén

disabled person

冷酷无情

lěng kù wú qíng

cold-hearted

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