他殺

See also: 他杀

Chinese

		he; him; other	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (他殺)		他	殺
simp. (他杀)		他	杀

Etymology

The sense of "cutting a fruit" is influenced by Hokkien 刣 (thâi, “to cut open or to kill”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāshā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ saat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ-sat / tha-sat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tasha
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-sha¹
  - Yale: tā-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tasha
  - Palladius: таша (taša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taa¹ saat³
  - Yale: tā saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ saːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thaⁿ-sat
  - Tâi-lô: thann-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvasad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-sat
  - Tâi-lô: tha-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tasad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/

Verb

他殺

(law) to commit homicide
Coordinate term: 自殺 / 自杀 (zìshā)
(Taiwan, slang) to ask the vendor to cut a fruit, etc., especially a pineapple
Coordinate term: 自殺 / 自杀 (zìshā)

Noun

他殺

(law) homicide

Synonyms

殺人／杀人 (shārén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
他	殺
た Grade: 3	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

他(た)殺(さつ) • (tasatsu)

homicide, murder or manslaughter
警察(けいさつ)は他殺(たさつ)と見(み)て調査(ちょうさ)している。
Keisatsu wa tasatsu to mite chōsa shite iru.
The police are investigating the case as a homicide.

Coordinate terms

自殺(じさつ) (jisatsu)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
他	殺

Noun

他殺 • (tasal) (hangeul 타살)

hanja form^? of 타살 (“homicide, murder”)