殘虐

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

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• 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

1. (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】 [adjective] cruel [noun] 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)

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