必殺
See also: 必杀
Chinese
certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
to kill; to murder; to slaughter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (必殺) | 必 | 殺 | |
| simp. (必杀) | 必 | 杀 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bìshā
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìsha
- Wade–Giles: pi4-sha1
- Yale: bì-shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihsha
- Palladius: биша (biša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bit1 saat3
- Yale: bīt saat
- Cantonese Pinyin: bit7 saat8
- Guangdong Romanization: bid1 sad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːt̚⁵ saːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
必殺
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 必 | 殺 |
| ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4 |
さつ Grade: 5 |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Appears to be from Middle Chinese compound 必殺 (MC pjit sreat, “certainly + kill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
必殺 • (hissatsu)
Usage notes
Often used attributively with the particle の (no), and often translated in such cases as an adjective:
- 必殺の剣、必殺の一撃
- hissatsu no tsurugi, hissatsu no ichigeki
- literally, “a sword of lethality, a blow of deadliness” → more naturally, “a lethal sword, a deadly blow”
Derived terms
- 必殺技 (hissatsu waza)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN