殺戒

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	swear off; warn against
trad. (殺戒)		殺	戒
simp. (杀戒)		杀	戒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shājiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shājiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shajiè
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-chieh⁴
    • Yale: shā-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajieh
    • Palladius: шацзе (šacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ gaai³
    • Yale: saat gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ kaːi̯³³/

Noun

殺戒

1. (Buddhism) prohibition against killing

Derived terms

• 大開殺戒／大开杀戒 (dàkāishājiè)