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残

cán

injure, spoil; oppress; broken

Shadow
Strokes
9
Radical
歹
HSK
5
Tone
2

Traditional form: 殘

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 同类不相残。

    Tóng lèi bù xiāng cán

    A dog does not eat a dog.

  • 妈妈有一张残缺的脸。

    Mā ma yǒu yī zhāng cán quē de liǎn

    Mama had a crippled face.

  • 太残忍了。

    Tài cán rěn le

    That's very cruel.

  • 怪物的笑容很残忍。

    Guài wu de xiào róng hěn cán rěn

    The monster's smile was cruel.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 残

  • 残疾cán jí 2–2 disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
  • 残酷cán kù 2–4 cruel; cruelty
  • 残忍cán rěn 2–3 cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless
  • 残疾人cán jí rén 2–2–2disabled person
  • 残留cán liú 2–2 to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant; residue
  • 摧残cuī cán 1–2 to ravage; to ruin
  • 残cán 2to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
  • 凶残xiōng cán 1–2 savage; cruel; fierce
  • 伤残shāng cán 1–2 disabled; maimed; crippled; (of objects) damaged
  • 残缺cán quē 2–1 badly damaged; shattered