屠宰

Chinese

		slaughter; slaughter man	slaughter; butcher; govern slaughter; butcher; govern; rule; official
simp. and trad. (屠宰)		屠	宰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túzǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄗㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ zoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-chái
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tó͘-cháiⁿ / tô͘-chái / tô͘-cháiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): do⁵ zai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túzǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄗㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túzǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tsai³
  - Yale: tú-dzǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutzae
  - Palladius: туцзай (tuczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ zoi²
  - Yale: tòuh jói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dzoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ zoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-chái
  - Hakka Romanization System: tuˇ zai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu² zai³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ t͡sai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘-cháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tóo-tsáinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dofzvae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chái
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tsái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dozae
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sai⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-cháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tsáinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dozvae
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sãi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sãi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: do⁵ zai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tô tsái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁵²/

Verb

屠宰

to slaughter (an animal for food); to butcher

Synonyms

刑 (xíng) (literary)
剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
殺／杀
殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
解決／解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
誅殺／诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)
辦／办 (bàn) (euphemism)

Dialectal synonyms of 宰 (“to slaughter; to butcher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		宰, 屠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		宰殺, 屠宰
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	宰, 殺, 治 fish
	Taiwan	宰, 殺
	Singapore	殺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	宰, 殺, 治
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	宰, 殺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	宰, 殺
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	宰, 殺, 治 fish
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	殺, 宰, 治 fish
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	殺, 治 fish
Cantonese	Guangzhou	劏, 善 chicken
	Hong Kong	劏
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	劏
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	劏
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	劏
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	劏
	Macau	劏
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	劏
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	劏
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	劏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	劏
	Foshan	劏
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	劏
	Foshan (Shunde)	劏
	Foshan (Sanshui)	劏
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	劏
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	劏
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	劏
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	劏
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	劏
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	劏
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	劏
	Taishan	劏
	Kaiping (Chikan)	劏
	Enping (Niujiang)	劏
	Heshan (Yayao)	劏
	Dongguan	劏
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	劏
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	劏
	Qingyuan	劏
	Fogang	劏
	Yingde (Hanguang)	劏
	Yangshan	劏
	Lianshan (Butian)	劏
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	劏
	Shaoguan	劏
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	劏
	Renhua	劏
	Lechang	劏
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	劏
	Sihui	劏
	Guangning	劏
	Deqing	劏
	Huaiji	劏
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	劏
	Yunfu	劏
	Xinxing	劏
	Luoding	劏
	Yunan (Pingtai)	劏
	Yangjiang	劏
	Nanning	劏
	Wuzhou	劏
	Yulin	劏
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	劏
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	劏
Gan	Nanchang	殺, 治 fish
Hakka	Meixian	治, 刣
	Xingning	治
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	劏, 捋
	Huiyang	劏
	Huidong (Daling)	治
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	劏, 治
	Boluo (Bendihua)	劏, 捋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	劏
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	劏
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	治
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	治, 劏 chicken
	Wuhua (Changbu)	治
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	治
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	捋, 劏
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	捋, 劏
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	捋
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	捋
	Wengyuan	劏
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	劏, 度
	Liannan	劏
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	劏
	Jiexi	治
	Luhe	治
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	治
	Changting	治
	Wuping	治
	Wuping (Yanqian)	治
	Wuping (Pingyu)	治
	Liancheng	治
	Ninghua	破
	Ningdu	治
	Ruijin	治 pig, 殺 chicken
	Shicheng	殺
	Shangyou (Shexi)	治
	Tonggu (Sandu)	治
	Dayu	破
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	治
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	治
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	治
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	治
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	治
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	治
	Hong Kong	劏
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	劏
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	劏
	Xinyi (Sihe)	劏
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	劏
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	劏
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	劏
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	劏
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	劏
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	劏
	Mengshan (Xihe)	劏
	Luchuan	劏
	Sabah (Longchuan)	劏
	Senai (Huiyang)	劏
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	劏
	Singkawang	劏
Jin	Taiyuan	宰, 殺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刣
	Songxi	刣
	Zhenghe	刣
	Jianyang	刣
	Wuyishan	刣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣, 刺
	Fuzhou (Changle)	刣
	Lianjiang	刣
	Fuqing	刣
	Pingtan	刣
	Yongtai	刣
	Minqing	刣
	Gutian	刣
	Pingnan	刣
	Luoyuan	刣
	Fu'an	刣
	Ningde	刣
	Xiapu	刣
	Zherong	刣
	Shouning	刣
	Zhouning	刣
	Fuding	刣
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	刣
	Quanzhou	刣
	Jinjiang	刣
	Nan'an	刣
	Shishi	刣
	Hui'an	刣
	Anxi	刣
	Yongchun	刣
	Dehua	刣
	Zhangzhou	刣
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	刣
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	刣
	Hua'an	刣
	Nanjing	刣
	Pinghe	刣
	Zhangpu	刣
	Yunxiao	刣
	Zhao'an	刣
	Dongshan	刣
	Tainan	刣
	Kinmen	刣
	Penang (Hokkien)	刣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刣
	Manila (Hokkien)	刣
	Longyan	刣
	Zhangping	刣
	Datian	刣
	Chaozhou	刣
	Shantou	刣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	刣
	Jieyang	刣
	Lufeng	刣
	Haifeng	刣
	Bangkok (Teochew)	刣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	刣
	Singapore (Teochew)	刣
	Leizhou	刣
	Wenchang	刣
	Haikou	刣
Puxian Min	Putian	刣
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	刣
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	刣
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	刣
	Xianyou	刣
	Xianyou (Fengting)	刣
	Xianyou (Youyang)	刣
Central Min	Yong'an	刣
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	刣
	Sanming (Shaxian)	刣
Shehua	Fu'an	戮
	Fuding	戮
	Luoyuan	戮
	Sanming	戮
	Shunchang	戮
	Hua'an	戮
Wu	Shanghai	殺
	Suzhou	殺
	Wenzhou	㷟, 殺
Xiang	Changsha	殺, 宰
Xiang	Shuangfeng	殺

Derived terms

屠宰場／屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屠宰):

→ Korean: 도재(屠宰) (dojae)
→ Vietnamese: đồ tể (屠宰)

Korean

Hanja in this term
屠	宰

Noun

屠宰 • (dojae) (hangeul 도재)

hanja form^? of 도재 (“slaughter”)