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残忍

cánrěn

Traditional: 殘忍

cruel; merciless; ruthless

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Meaning of 残忍 in English

cánrěnHSK 7–9adjectiveSyllabus #5780
  1. cruel; merciless; ruthless

Example sentences

  1. 他跟她说这样的话真是太残忍了。
    tā gēn tā shuō zhè yàng de huà zhēn shì tài cán rěn le。
    It is cruel of him to say such things to her.
    Tatoeba #333713 by fucongcong · #284110 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

残 on its own →
cán · to destroy

HSK words with 残

残疾HSK 6残HSK 7–9残酷HSK 7–9残留HSK 7–9残缺HSK 7–9摧残HSK 7–9伤残HSK 7–9凶残HSK 7–9
忍 on its own →
rěn · to bear

HSK words with 忍

忍HSK 5忍受HSK 6忍耐HSK 7–9忍心HSK 7–9容忍HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences