甲級戰犯

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step	war criminal; player of video games which are produced by Paradox Interactive
trad. (甲級戰犯)		甲	級	戰犯
simp. (甲级战犯)		甲	级	战犯

Etymology

So named because such war criminals are charged against Paragraph (a) of Article 5 of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Charter, which punished crimes against peace and aggression.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎjí zhànfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ kap¹ zin³ faan^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎjí zhànfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎjí jhànfàn
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-chi² chan⁴-fan⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-jí jàn-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeajyi jannfann
    • Palladius: цзяцзи чжаньфань (czjaczi čžanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ kap¹ zin³ faan^6-2
    • Yale: gaap kāp jin fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ kap⁷ dzin³ faan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ keb¹ jin³ fan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ faːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

甲級戰犯

1. (historical) one of the 12 German or 28 Japanese war criminals prosecuted for crimes against peace and aggression in the Nuremberg trials or Tokyo trial