殺頭
See also: 杀头
Chinese
| to kill; to murder; to slaughter | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (殺頭) | 殺 | 頭 | |
| simp. (杀头) | 杀 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saat3 tau4-2
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad5 têu2
- Northern Min (KCR): suŏi-tê
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shātóu
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shatóu
- Wade–Giles: sha1-tʻou2
- Yale: shā-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatour
- Palladius: шатоу (šatou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saat3 tau4-2
- Yale: saat táu
- Cantonese Pinyin: saat8 tau4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: sad3 teo4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: suŏi-tê
- Sinological IPA (key): /suɛ²⁴ tʰe³³/
- (Jian'ou)
Verb
殺頭
- to behead; to decapitate
- 不殺頭，就要給飯吃。對一切反革命分子，都應當給以生活出路，使他們有自新的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Bù shātóu, jiù yào gěi fàn chī. Duì yīqiè fǎngémìng fènzǐ, dōu yīngdāng gěiyǐ shēnghuó chūlù, shǐ tāmen yǒu zìxīn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
- If [counter-revolutionaries] are not executed, they have to be fed. All counter-revolutionaries should be given a chance to earn a living, so that the can start anew.
不杀头，就要给饭吃。对一切反革命分子，都应当给以生活出路，使他们有自新的机会。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”) [map]