殘酷性

Chinese

		cruel; ruthless; difficult and dangerous	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (殘酷性)		殘酷	性
simp. (残酷性)		残酷	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánkùxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánkùxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánkùsìng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-kʻu⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: tsán-kù-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnkuhshinq
    • Palladius: цанькусин (canʹkusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

殘酷性

1. ruthlessness; cruelty

   • 在這樣的敵人面前，中國革命的長期性和殘酷性就發生了。 [MSC, trad.]
     在这样的敌人面前，中国革命的长期性和残酷性就发生了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1939, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命和中國共產黨》 (The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài zhèyàng de dírén miànqián, Zhōngguó gémìng de chángqīxìng hé cánkùxìng jiù fāshēng le. [Pinyin]

     In the face of such enemies, the Chinese revolution cannot be other than protracted and ruthless.