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凶残

xiōng cán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 兇殘

凶残 (xiōng cán) means "savage; cruel; fierce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 凶残 means

1. savage
2. cruel
3. fierce

Other readings

凶残 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiōng cánsavage

The characters in 凶残

• 凶xiōngterrible; fearful
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin

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