抄斬

Chinese

		to copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize to copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to go; to transcribe; to take a shortcut; to search and confiscate	behead; chop
trad. (抄斬)		抄	斬
simp. (抄斩)		抄	斩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāozhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau¹ zaam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāozhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaojhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-chan³
    • Yale: chāu-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaujaan
    • Palladius: чаочжань (čaočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau¹ zaam²
    • Yale: chāau jáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau¹ dzaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao¹ zam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵/

Verb

抄斬

1. to confiscate property of the family and behead all its members

Derived terms

• 滿門抄斬／满门抄斩 (mǎnménchāozhǎn)