残酷 cánkù HSK6 cruel Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 残酷 殘酷 cánkù cruel adjective cruel; brutal; ruthless 人生是残酷的。 rénshēng shì cánkù de. Life is cruel. harsh adjective harsh and dangerous; grim; bleak; used to describe difficult environments or struggles 外面是个残酷的世界。 wàimiàn shì ge cánkù de shìjiè. It is a cruel world out there. Frequency Movie subtitles 16.1 per million appears in 7% of films Written text 15.7 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Cross-References Referenced by 酷 kùSynonym 惨酷 cǎnkù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
残酷 殘酷 cánkù cruel adjective cruel; brutal; ruthless 人生是残酷的。 rénshēng shì cánkù de. Life is cruel. harsh adjective harsh and dangerous; grim; bleak; used to describe difficult environments or struggles 外面是个残酷的世界。 wàimiàn shì ge cánkù de shìjiè. It is a cruel world out there. Frequency Movie subtitles 16.1 per million appears in 7% of films Written text 15.7 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Cross-References Referenced by 酷 kùSynonym 惨酷 cǎnkù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)