殘 (caan4 | can2) : defective; cruel; damage; remnant

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殘

caan4

can2

[1] [adj] defective; incomplete; withered
[2] [adj] cruel; savage; barbarous
[3] [v] damage; injure; torture
[4] [adj] remnant; remaining; leftover

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 歹 (#78)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

殘 / 残

This word has been viewed 8323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Dec 2010 09:15

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殘骸 caan4 haai4 can2 hai2 = wreckage debris

殘缺 caan4 kyut3 can2 que1 = badly damaged； shattered

傷殘 soeng1 caan4 shang1 can2 = handicapped; disabled

殘忍 caan4 jan2 can2 ren3 = cruel; inhumane

殘餘 caan4 jyu4 can2 yu2 = remnants; remains (after a disaster)

殘酷 caan4 huk6 can2 ku4 = cruel; cruelty

殘疾 caan4 zat6 can2 ji2 = disabled; handicapped; deformity (on a living being)

殘暴 caan4 bou6 can2 bao4 = ruthless; heartless; cruel; ferocious

摧殘 ceoi1 caan4 cui1 can2 = to ravage; to ruin

自殘 zi6 caan4 = self-mutilation

殘廢 caan4 fai3 can2 fei4 = handicapped, disabled, lameness; cripple

殘廢證 caan4 fai3 zing3 can2 fei4 zheng4 = certificate of disability

殘廢軍人 caan4 fai3 gwan1 jan4 can2 fei4 jun1 ren2 = disabled soldier

殘忍的 caan4 jan2 dik1 can2 ren3 de5 = [adj] brute, ruffian 國

殘渣 caan4 zaa1 can2 zha1 = residue

殘餘物 caan4 jyu4 mat6 can2 yu2 wu4 = residue

傷殘人士 soeng1 caan4 jan4 si6 = physically disabled person

殘酷的 caan4 huk6 dik1 can2 ku4 de5 = [adj] oppressive 國

殘疾人士 caan4 zat6 jan4 si6 can2 ji2 ren2 shi4 = individuals with disabilities, the disabled

殘疾兒 caan4 zat6 ji4 can2 ji5 er2 = a child with a birth defect; a deformed child

粵語殘片 jyut6 jyu5 caan4 pin3*2 = old Cantonese films 粵

殘渣餘孽 caan4 zaa1 jyu4 jip6 can2 zha1 yu2 nie4 = [n] dregs of the old society (common formation)

殘酷對待 caan4 huk6 deoi3 doi6 can2 ku4 dui4 dai4 = cruelty; brutal treatment (common formation)

殘留 caan4 lau4 can2 liu2 = [v][adj] be left over as in vestigal or residual

殘害 caan4 hoi6 can2 hai4 = to cruelly injure; to be savaged

殘奧 caan4 ou3 can2 ao4 = paralympics

殘舊 caan4 gau6 = tattered; ragged; worn out 粵

殘月 caan4 jyut6 can2 yue4 = waning crescent moon

殘障 caan4 zoeng3 can2 zhang4 = handicapped

眼殘 ngaan5 caan2 yan2 can2 = blind

腦殘 nou5 caan4 nao3 can2 = idiot, imbecile, moron

腦殘文 nou5 caan4 man4 nao3 can2 wen2 = idiot script

殘照 caan4 ziu3 can2 zhao4 = rays of the setting sun; the evening glow

殘花敗柳 caan4 faa1 baai6 lau5 can2 hua1 bai4 liu3 = a woman that lives a promicious lifestyle or has been abandoned; an immoral woman

殘體字 caan4 tai2 zi6 can2 ti3 zi4 = mutilated characters

傷殘津貼 soeng1 caan1 zeon1 tip3 shang1 can2 jin1 tie1 = disability allowance

殘暴不仁 caan4 bou6 bat1 jan4 can2 bao4 bu4 ren2 = cruel; heartless; merciless

殘局 caan4 guk6 can2 ju2 = endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)

苟延殘喘 gau2 jin4 caan4 cyun2 gou3 yan2 can2 chuan3 = linger on in a worsening condition

傷殘歧視條例 soeng1 caan4 kei4 si6 tiu4 lai6 shang1 can2 qi2 shi4 tiao2 li4 = the Disability Discrimination Ordinance

腦殘粉 nou5 caan4 fan2 nao3 can2 fen3 = fanboy, fangirl

抱殘守缺 pou5 caan4 sau2 kyut3 bao4 can2 shou3 que1 = stick to the old way of doing things; be conservative

香港傷殘人士體育協會 hoeng1 gong2 soeng1 caan4 jan4 si6 tai2 juk6 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 殘
Unicode code for this character: U+6b98 (off-site link)

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