The Chinese word 残杀 (cánshā), meaning "to slaughter" or "to massacre", is a compound formed by combining two morphemes: 残 (cán), which conveys meanings of cruelty, severity, or mutilation, and 杀 (shā), which means "to kill". The combination is logical and semantic, where 残 modifies the nature of the killing implied by 杀, intensifying it to denote a brutal, ruthless, or inhumane act of killing. This structure follows a common pattern in Chinese word formation where an adjective-like morpheme precedes a verb root to create a more specific and vivid verbal compound.