忒煞

Chinese

		excessive; to change	baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten
trad. (忒煞)		忒	煞
simp. #(忒煞)		忒	煞
alternative forms		忒殺／忒杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèshà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄚˋ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷theq-saq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèshà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèshà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-sha⁴
    • Yale: tè-shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshah
    • Palladius: тэша (tɛša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂä⁵¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷theq-saq
    • MiniDict: theh^入 sah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴theq-saq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰəʔ³³ saʔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

忒煞

1. (Early Mandarin, Wu) too; excessively
   • Ming dynasty, 蔣一葵, 堯山堂外紀, volume 70:

     (The quotation inside the quotation is in Early Mandarin.)

     管夫人荅云：「你儂我儂，忒煞情多。[…]」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     管夫人答云：「你侬我侬，忒煞情多。[…]」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Guǎn Fūrén dá yún: “Nǐnóng wǒnóng, tèshà qíng duō. […]” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 太 (“too; excessively”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		太, 過於
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	太, 忒
	Taiwan	太
	Malaysia	太
	Singapore	太
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	太, 忒
	Jinan	太, 忒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	太
	Xi'an	太
	Xuzhou	忒
	Donghai	太
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	太
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	太
	Wuhan	太, 忒
	Guiyang	太
	Guilin	太
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	太
	Yangzhou	太
	Baoying	太
	Taizhou	太
	Zhenjiang	太
	Yancheng	太
	Hefei	太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太, 得滯 >, 過頭 >
	Hong Kong	太, 太過, 得滯 >, 過頭 >, 過龍 >
	Taishan	得滯 >
	Dongguan	得滯 >
	Yangjiang	得滯 >
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太
	Singapore (Guangfu)	太
Gan	Nanchang	太
	Lichuan	太
	Pingxiang	太
Hakka	Meixian	忒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太, 過頭 >
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	忒
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	太
	Wengyuan	太
	Liannan	太
	Jiexi	忒
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太, 忒
	Changting	忒
	Wuping	忒
	Wuping (Yanqian)	忒
	Liancheng	忒
	Ninghua	忒
	Yudu	太
	Ningdu	太, 忒
	Tonggu (Sandu)	忒
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太
	Dayu	太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	忒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	忒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	忒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	忒
	Hong Kong	太, 過頭 >
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	太
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	太
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	太
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	忒
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	忒
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	太
	Mengshan (Xihe)	太
	Luchuan	太
	Senai (Huiyang)	過頭 >
	Kuching (Hepo)	過頭
Huizhou	Jixi	太
Jin	Taiyuan	太
Northern Min	Jian'ou	忒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	忒
	Songxi	忒
	Zhenghe	忒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	忒
	Jianyang	忒
	Wuyishan	忒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	忒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	過, 恰
	Fuzhou (Changle)	恰
	Lianjiang	恰
	Fuqing	恰
	Pingtan	恰
	Yongtai	恰
	Minqing	恰
	Gutian	恰
	Pingnan	恰
	Luoyuan	恰
	Fu'an	恰
	Ningde	恰
	Xiapu	恰
	Zherong	恰
	Shouning	恰
	Zhouning	恰
	Fuding	恰
Southern Min	Xiamen	傷, 傷過
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	傷
	Quanzhou	傷, 傷過
	Jinjiang	傷, 太
	Nan'an	傷
	Shishi	傷
	Hui'an	傷
	Anxi	傷
	Yongchun	傷
	Dehua	傷
	Zhangzhou	傷, 傷過
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	傷
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	傷
	Hua'an	傷
	Nanjing	傷
	Pinghe	傷
	Zhangpu	傷
	Yunxiao	傷
	Zhao'an	傷
	Dongshan	傷
	Taipei	傷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	傷
	Kaohsiung	傷
	Yilan	傷
	Changhua (Lukang)	傷
	Taichung	傷
	Tainan	傷
	Hsinchu	傷
	Kinmen	傷
	Penghu (Magong)	傷
	Penang (Hokkien)	傷, 太
	Singapore (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過, 過, 佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過
	Longyan	蓋
	Zhangping	傷
	Chaozhou	佮
	Shantou	佮, 過
	Jieyang	佮, 過
	Bangkok (Teochew)	佮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮, 過
Puxian Min	Putian	傷
	Xianyou	傷
Central Min	Yong'an	太
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	忒
	Sanming (Shaxian)	太
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	太, 過頭 >
Wu	Shanghai	忒, 過於, 忒煞, 忒以 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	忒
	Suzhou	忒
	Changshu	脫
	Nantong (Haimen)	忒
	Danyang	太
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	太
	Hangzhou	忒
	Ningbo	忒
	Wenzhou	忒
	Jinhua	太, 忒
Xiang	Changsha	太
	Shuangfeng	太, 忒
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