斬頭

Chinese

		behead; chop	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (斬頭)		斬	頭
simp. (斩头)		斩	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² tau^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chám-thèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chám-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zam² tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎntóu
  - Wade–Giles: chan³-tʻou²
  - Yale: jǎn-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaantour
  - Palladius: чжаньтоу (čžanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaam² tau^4-2
  - Yale: jáam táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zam² teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zam^ˋ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zam³ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chám-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsám-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zafmtaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zam² tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsám thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sam⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

斬頭

(dialectal) to behead; to decapitate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首
	Harbin	殺頭
	Singapore	砍頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	斬首, 殺頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	斬首
	Xining	斬首
	Xuzhou	殺頭, 砍頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	砍頭
	Lanzhou	斬首
	Ürümqi	砍頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	砍腦殼, 斬首
	Wuhan	殺頭, 砍頭
	Guiyang	砍腦殼
	Liuzhou	砍腦殼, 殺頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	砍頭, 斬頭
	Yangzhou	殺頭
	Nantong	剁頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斬頭
	Hong Kong	斬頭, 殺頭
	Taishan	斬頭
	Dongguan	斬頭
Gan	Nanchang	殺頭, 砍頭
	Lichuan	殺頭
	Pingxiang	殺腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	殺頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Huizhou	Jixi	殺頭
Jin	Taiyuan	砍頭
Jin	Xinzhou	砍得腦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	殺頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣頭, 斬頭
	Quanzhou	刣頭, 斬頭
	Jinjiang	刣頭
	Yongchun	刣頭
	Zhangzhou	刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭
	Tainan	刣頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	鏨頭, 刣頭
	Jieyang	斬頭, 刣頭
	Leizhou	砍頭
	Haikou	砍頭
Puxian Min	Putian	刣頭
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	刣頭
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	刣頭
	Xianyou	刣頭
	Xianyou (Fengting)	刣頭
	Xianyou (Youyang)	刣頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	斬首, 砍頭
Wu	Shanghai	殺頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	殺頭
	Suzhou	殺頭
	Danyang	殺頭
	Hangzhou	殺頭
	Ningbo	殺頭
	Wenzhou	殺頭
	Jinhua	殺頭, 得頭
Xiang	Changsha	砍頭
Xiang	Loudi	斫腦殼