Cantonese Dictionary

殘

caan4

Mandarin: can2

Simplified: 残

to destroy | to spoil | to ruin | to injure | cruel | oppressive | savage | brutal | incomplete | disabled | to remain | to survive | remnant | surplus | broken | crippled | wilted | brutally | # adapted from cc-cedict

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殘奧

caan4 ou3

Mandarin: can2 ao4

paralympics

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殘害

caan4 hoi6

Mandarin: can2 hai4

to cruelly injure or kill; to be savaged

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殘局

caan4 guk6

Mandarin: can2 ju2

endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)

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殘年

caan4 nin4

Mandarin: can2 nian2

Simplified: 残年

(noun) senectitude

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殘廢證

caan4 fai3 zing3

Mandarin: can2 fei4 zheng4

certificate of disability

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殘廢軍人

caan4 fai3 gwan1 jan4

Mandarin: can2 fei4 jun1 ren2

Simplified: 残废军人

a disabled soldiers; a disabled veteran

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殘忍

caan4 jan2

Mandarin: can2 ren3

cruel; inhumane

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殘忍的

caan4 jan2 dik1

Mandarin: can2 ren3 de5

[adj] brute, ruffian

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殘暴

caan4 bou6

Mandarin: can2 bao4

ruthless; heartless; cruel; ferocious

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殘暴不仁

caan4 bou6 bat1 jan4

Mandarin: can2 bao4 bu4 ren2

Simplified: 残暴不仁

brutal; heartless; merciless; inhumane; cruel

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殘月

caan4 jyut6

Mandarin: can2 yue4

waning crescent moon | also 娥眉月

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殘渣

caan4 zaa1

Mandarin: can2 zha1

residue

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殘渣餘孽

caan4 zaa1 jyu4 jip6

Mandarin: can2 zha1 yu2 nie4

[n] dregs of the old society

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殘照

caan4 ziu3

Mandarin: can2 zhao4

Simplified: 残照

the glow from a sunset

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殘生

caan4 sang1

Mandarin: can2 sheng1

Simplified: 残生

(noun) someone's wretched life

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殘留

caan4 lau4

Mandarin: can2 liu2

[v][adj] be left over as in vestigal or residual

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殘疾

caan4 zat6

Mandarin: can2 ji2

disabled; handicapped; deformity (on a living being)

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殘疾人士

caan4 zat6 jan4 si6

Mandarin: can2 ji2 ren2 shi4

individuals with disabilities, the disabled

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殘疾兒

caan4 zat6 ji4

Mandarin: can2 ji5 er2

a child with a birth defect; a deformed child

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殘缺

caan4 kyut3

Mandarin: can2 que1

badly damaged； shattered

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殘缺不全

caan4 kyut3 bat1 cyun4

Mandarin: can2 que1 bu4 quan2

Simplified: 残缺不全

incomplete; fragmentary

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殘舊

caan4 gau6

Mandarin: can2 jiu4

Simplified: 残旧

worn out; ragged; tattered

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殘花敗柳

caan4 faa1 baai6 lau5

Mandarin: can2 hua1 bai4 liu3

a woman that lives a promicious lifestyle or has been abandoned; an immoral woman

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殘酷

caan4 huk6

Mandarin: can2 ku4

cruel; cruelty

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殘酷對待

caan4 huk6 deoi3 doi6

Mandarin: can2 ku4 dui4 dai4

cruelty; brutal treatment

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殘酷的

caan4 huk6 dik1

Mandarin: can2 ku4 de5

[adj] oppressive

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殘陽

caan4 joeng4

Mandarin: can2 yang2

Simplified: 残阳

the setting sun

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殘障

caan4 zoeng3

Mandarin: can2 zhang4

handicapped; deformed; physical disability

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殘餘

caan4 jyu4

Mandarin: can2 yu2

remnants; remains (after a disaster)

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