咸劉

Chinese

		completely	kill
trad. (咸劉)		咸	劉
simp. (咸刘)		咸	刘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánliú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánlióu
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-liu²
  - Yale: syán-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanliou
  - Palladius: сяньлю (sjanʹlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Verb

咸劉

(literary) to exterminate, to slay
- 武王惟茲四人尚迪有祿。後暨武王誕將天威，咸劉厥敵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  武王惟兹四人尚迪有禄。后暨武王诞将天威，咸刘厥敌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Wǔwáng wéi zī sìrén shàng dí yǒu lù. Hòu jì Wǔwáng dàn jiāng tiānwēi, xiánliú jué dí. [Pinyin]
  There were still four of those men who led on King Wu [of Zhou] to the possession of the revenues of the kingdom, and afterwards, along with him, in great reverence of the majesty of Heaven, slew all his enemies.