殘忍 [残－]

Jyutping caan4 jan2
Pinyin cán rěn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cruel
  2. mean
  3. merciless
  4. ruthless
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    無情​噉​令人​或者​動物​感到​非常​痛苦
    cruel; brutal; inhumane
    • 佢將隻狗劏咗嚟食，實在太殘忍喇。
      佢将只狗㓥咗嚟食，实在太残忍喇。
      keoi5 zoeng1 zek3 gau2 tong1 zo2 lai4 sik6, sat6 zoi6 taai3 caan4 jan2 laa3.
      He slaughtered and ate the dog. It was really cruel.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    cruel; ruthless; merciless; heartless
    (syn.) 粗殘, 惡毒, 黑心, 慘, 兇殘, 猙獰, 恶劣, 恶势, 暴力, 阴功, 殘, 野蠻, 狰狞, 恶毒, 野蛮, 凶恶, 厲害, 兇猛, 惨, 陰功, 兇惡, 強暴, 毒辣, 强暴, 暴戾, 粗残, 凶残, 兇險, 烏心, 狠毒, 狠心, 凶险, 残酷, 暴躁, 兇狠, 殘酷, 險惡, 凶狠, 暴虐, 凶暴, 惡劣, 险恶, 严酷, 嚴酷, 残, 厉害, 殘暴, 残暴, 酷烈, 乌心, 凶猛, 惡勢
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #337
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他跟她说这样的话真是太残忍了。
    他跟她説這樣的話真是太殘忍了。
    tā gēn tā shuō zhè yàng de huà zhēn shi tài cán rěn le 。
    • It is cruel of him to say such things to her.
  2. Mandarin
    杀害大象、老虎等濒危物种，不仅是残忍的，也是非法的。
    殺害大象、老虎等瀕危物種，不僅是殘忍的，也是非法的。
    shā hài dà xiàng 、 lǎo hǔ děng bīn wēi wù zhǒng ， bù jǐn shì cán rěn de ， yě shì fēi fǎ de 。
    • Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.
  3. Mandarin
    我从来没想到他能做到那么残忍的事。
    我從來沒想到他能做到那麼殘忍的事。
    wǒ cóng lái méi xiǎng dào tā néng zuò dào nà me cán rěn de shì 。
    • I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.
  4. Mandarin
    太残忍了。
    太殘忍了。
    tài cán rěn le 。
    • That's very cruel.
  5. Mandarin
    怪物的笑容很残忍。
    怪物的笑容很殘忍。
    guài wu de xiào róng hěn cán rěn 。
    • The monster's smile was cruel.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    自然界弱肉强食，系一个好残忍嘅世界。
    自然界弱肉強食，係一個好殘忍嘅世界。
    zi6 jin4 gaai3 joek6 juk6 koeng4 sik6, hai6 jat1 go3 hou2 caan4 jan2 ge3 sai3 gaai3.
    • In nature it's either kill or be killed. It's a cruel world.
  2. Cantonese
    佢将只狗㓥咗嚟食，实在太残忍喇。
    佢將隻狗劏咗嚟食，實在太殘忍喇。
    keoi5 zoeng1 zek3 gau2 tong1 zo2 lai4 sik6, sat6 zoi6 taai3 caan4 jan2 laa3.
    • He slaughtered and ate the dog. It was really cruel.
  3. Cantonese
    残忍
    殘忍
    caan4 jan2
    • cruel
  4. Cantonese
    老天爷点解咁残忍啊！
    老天爺點解咁殘忍啊！
    lou5 tin1 je4 dim2 gaai2 gam3 caan4 jan2 aa3!
    • Why is God so cruel?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    以前土豪劣绅的残忍，土豪劣绅造成的农村白色恐怖是这样，现在农民起来枪毙几个土豪劣绅，造成一点小小的镇压反革命派的恐怖现象，有什么理由说不应该？
    以前土豪劣紳的殘忍，土豪劣紳造成的農村白色恐怖是這樣，現在農民起來槍斃幾個土豪劣紳，造成一點小小的鎮壓反革命派的恐怖現象，有什麼理由説不應該？
    yǐ qián tǔ háo liè shēn de cán rěn ， tǔ háo liè shēn zào chéng de nóng cūn bái sè kǒng bù shì zhè yàng ， xiàn zài nóng mín qǐ lái qiāng bì jǐ ge tǔ háo liè shēn ， zào chéng yī diǎn xiǎo xiǎo de zhèn yā fǎn gé mìng pài de kǒng bù xiàn xiàng ， yǒu shén me lǐ yóu shuō bù yīng gāi ？
    • Such was the cruelty of the local tyrants and evil gentry in former days, such was the White terror they created in the countryside, and now that the peasants have risen and shot a few and created just a little terror in suppressing the counter-revolutionaries, is there any reason for saying they should not do so?