腰斬

See also: 腰斩

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	behead; chop
trad. (腰斬)		腰	斬
simp. (腰斩)		腰	斩
alternative forms		要斬／要斩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāozhǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄓㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ zaam²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-chám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāozhǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄓㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaojhǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-chan³
  - Yale: yāu-jǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaujaan
  - Palladius: яочжань (jaočžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹ zaam²
  - Yale: yīu jáam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ dzaam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ zam²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-chám
  - Tâi-lô: io-tsám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioizarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ t͡sam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁴¹/

Verb

腰斬

(historical) to execute by waist chop
(figurative, by extension) to terminate an ongoing series (TV series, comics, concert tour, or other entertainment)
由於現場天氣惡劣，這場賽事被迫腰斬。 [MSC, trad.]
由于现场天气恶劣，这场赛事被迫腰斩。 [MSC, simp.]
Yóuyú xiànchǎng tiānqì èliè, zhè chǎng sàishì bèipò yāozhǎn. [Pinyin]
This match was abandoned due to extreme weather at the venue.
(figurative) to diminish by half; to be reduced to half the original amount