# 凶残 (xiōngcán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 凶残 (xiōngcán) means “savage; cruel; brutal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: savage; cruel; brutal
- Pinyin: xiōngcán (xiong1 can2)
- Traditional: 兇殘
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那些凶残的罪犯终于被抓住了。
  Nàxiē xiōngcán de zuìfàn zhōngyú bèi zhuāzhù le.
  Those brutal criminals were finally caught.

## Characters

- [凶](https://hanziro.com/word/xiong-fierce/) (xiōng): fierce; ferocious
- [残](https://hanziro.com/word/can-incomplete/) (cán): incomplete; disabled

https://hanziro.com/word/xiong-can-savage/

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