慘酷

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great
trad. (慘酷)		慘	酷
simp. (惨酷)		惨	酷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² huk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnkù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsǎn-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaankuh
    • Palladius: цаньку (canʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² huk⁶
    • Yale: cháam huhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² huk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² hug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ hʊk̚²/

Adjective

慘酷

1. (literary) extremely cruel; heartless

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慘酷):

• → Korean: 참혹(慘酷) (chamhok)
• → Vietnamese: thảm khốc (慘酷)