残 (cán) means Criple (cruel - remnant). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这样对待动物太 残 忍了。
Zhèyàng duìdài dòngwù tài cánrěn le.
Treating animals like this is far too cruel.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残忍
竞争很 残 酷，但也很公平。
Jìngzhēng hěn cánkù, dàn yě hěn gōngpíng.
The competition is brutal, but it is also fair.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残酷
墙上还 残 留着当年的标语。
Qiáng shang hái cánliúzhe dāngnián de biāoyǔ.
Slogans from those years still remain on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残留
长期熬夜摧 残 着他的身体。
Chángqī áoyè cuīcánzhe tā de shēntǐ.
Staying up late for years is ruining his health.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摧残
一场大风摧 残 了满园的花。
Yì chǎng dà fēng cuīcán le mǎn yuán de huā.
A gale ravaged the flowers throughout the garden.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摧残
战争的现实比想象中更 残 酷。
Zhànzhēng de xiànshí bǐ xiǎngxiàng zhōng gèng cánkù.
The reality of war is crueller than one imagines.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残酷
他不忍心说出那句 残 忍的实话。
Tā bù rěnxīn shuōchū nà jù cánrěn de shíhuà.
He could not bring himself to speak that cruel truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残忍
这个卫生间是专为 残 疾人设计的。
Zhège wèishēngjiān shì zhuān wèi cánji rén shèjì de.
This toilet is designed specifically for people with disabilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残疾
他虽然身有 残 疾，却从未放弃学习。
Tā suīrán shēn yǒu cánji, què cóngwèi fàngqì xuéxí.
Although he has a disability, he has never given up studying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残疾
蔬菜上可能 残 留农药，要多洗几遍。
Shūcài shang kěnéng cánliú nóngyào, yào duō xǐ jǐ biàn.
Pesticide may remain on the vegetables, so wash them several times.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残留
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Words that contain 残
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Questions about 残
How is 残 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 残 (cán, "Criple (cruel - remnant)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 残 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 残 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 残?
The dictionary page for 残 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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