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残忍

cán rěn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 殘忍

残忍 (cán rěn) means "cruel; mean; merciless". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 残忍 means

1. cruel; merciless; ruthless

The characters in 残忍

• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate

Example sentences

• 太残忍了。
  That's very cruel.
• 怪物的笑容很残忍。
  Guàiwu de xiàoróng hěn cánrěn.
  The monster's smile was cruel.
• 他跟她说这样的话真是太残忍了。
  Tā gēn tā shuō zhèyàng de huà zhēnshi tài cánrěn le.
  It is cruel of him to say such things to her.
• 我从来没想到他能做到那么残忍的事。
  Wǒ cóngláiméi xiǎngdào tā néng zuòdào nàme cánrěn de shì.
  I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.
• 我从来没想到他能做到那幺残忍的事。
  I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.
• 杀害大象、老虎等濒危物种，不仅是残忍的，也是非法的。
  Shāhài dàxiàng, lǎohǔ děng bīnwēiwùzhǒng, bù jǐn shì cánrěn de, yě shìfēi fǎ de.
  Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.

Where 残忍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cǎi–cāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cán rěn correctly.
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