肢解

Chinese

		limb	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (肢解)		肢	解
simp. #(肢解)		肢	解
alternative forms		支解 枝解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhījiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gaai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-kái / ki-kái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhījiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjiě
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chieh³
    • Yale: jr̄-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjiee
    • Palladius: чжицзе (čžicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 支解 肢解

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ gaai²
    • Yale: jī gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːi̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 支解 肢解

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-kái
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ kai⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kái
    • Tâi-lô: ki-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ kai⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

肢解

1. to dismember
2. (figurative) to break into parts