宰割

Chinese

		slaughter; butcher; govern slaughter; butcher; govern; rule; official	cut off
trad. (宰割)		宰	割
simp. #(宰割)		宰	割

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎigē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi² got³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chái-koah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zai² guah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎigē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎige
    • Wade–Giles: tsai³-ko¹
    • Yale: dzǎi-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaege
    • Palladius: цзайгэ (czajgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi² got³
    • Yale: jói got
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi² got⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi² god³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái-koah
    • Tâi-lô: tsái-kuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zay'koaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zai² guah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsái kuah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/

Verb

宰割

1. to oppress; to exploit; to invade
2. to butcher; to slaughter and cut up
3. (literary) to partition; to divide up