残忍 meaning in English

cánrěn

cruel; merciless; ruthless

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 殘忍16 strokes

Meaning of 残忍

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cánrěn

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā跟gēn她tā说shuō这zhè样yàng的de话huà真zhēn是shì太tài残cán忍rěn了le。

It is cruel of him to say such things to her.

怪guài物wù的de笑xiào容róng很hěn残cán忍rěn。

The monster's smile was cruel.

我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi想xiǎng到dào他tā能néng做zuò到dào那nà么me残cán忍rěn的de事shì。

I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.

太tài残cán忍rěn了le。

That's very cruel.

杀shā害hài大dà象xiàng、老lǎo虎hǔ等děng濒bīn危wēi物wù种zhǒng，不bù仅jǐn是shì残cán忍rěn的de，也yě是shì非fēi法fǎ的de。

Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.

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Words that share a character with 残忍.

忍受	rěnshòu	to bear; to endure
忍不住	rěn bu zhù	cannot help; unable to bear
残酷	cánkù	cruel; harsh; merciless
残疾	cánjí	disabled; handicapped
残疾人	cánjírén	disabled person
忍耐	rěnnài	to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
容忍	róngrěn	to put up with; to tolerate
残留	cánliú	to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant
凶残	xiōngcán	savage; cruel
忍心	rěnxīn	to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
残缺	cánquē	badly damaged; shattered
伤残	shāngcán	disabled; maimed

What does 残忍 mean?

残忍 (cánrěn) means "cruel; merciless; ruthless" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 残忍?

残忍 is made of 2 characters: 残 (9 strokes), 忍 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 残忍 an HSK word?

Yes. 残忍 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 残忍 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 残忍 is written 殘忍.