慘酷

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great
trad. (慘酷)		慘	酷
simp. (惨酷)		惨	酷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎnkù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² huk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnkù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnkù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-kʻu⁴
  - Yale: tsǎn-kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaankuh
  - Palladius: цаньку (canʹku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² huk⁶
  - Yale: cháam huhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² huk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam² hug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ hʊk̚²/

Adjective

慘酷

(literary) extremely cruel; heartless

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慘酷):

→ Korean: 참혹(慘酷) (chamhok)
→ Vietnamese: thảm khốc (慘酷)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.