懸首

See also: 悬首

Chinese

		hang; suspend	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (懸首)		懸	首
simp. (悬首)		悬	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-shou³
    • Yale: sywán-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanshoou
    • Palladius: сюаньшоу (sjuanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

懸首

1. (archaic) to kill someone, then post their head on a pole for all to see