冷酷

Chinese

cold ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great
trad. (冷酷) 冷 酷
simp. #(冷酷) 冷 酷

Pronunciation


Adjective

冷酷

  1. cruel; heartless; callous; unfeeling
    冷酷的事實/冷酷的事实  ―  lěngkù de shìshí  ―  cruel truth

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷 酷
れい
Grade: 4
こく
Grade: S
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冷刻

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) れーこく [rèékókú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

冷(れい)酷(こく) • (reikoku) -na (adnominal 冷(れい)酷(こく)な (reikoku na), adverbial 冷(れい)酷(こく)に (reikoku ni))

  1. cruel, severe
    冷(れい)酷(こく)極(きわ)まりない。
    Reikoku kiwamari nai.
    It is extremely cruel.

Inflection

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Antonyms

Noun

冷(れい)酷(こく) • (reikoku) 

  1. cruelty, severity

Derived terms

  • 冷(れい)酷(こく)無(む)情(じょう) (reikoku mujō)

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
冷酷

Noun

冷酷 • (naenghok) (hangeul 냉혹)

  1. Hanja form? of 냉혹 (“cruelty, heartlessness, ruthlessness, cold-heartedness, callousness”).
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