血債

Chinese

		blood	debt
trad. (血債)		血	債
simp. (血债)		血	债

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèzhài, xuězhài, xiězhài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ zaai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-chài / hiat-chè / huih-chè / hoeh-chèe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèzhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjhài
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chai⁴
  - Yale: sywè-jài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjay
  - Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuězhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuějhài
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-chai⁴
  - Yale: sywě-jài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejay
  - Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siějhài
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chai⁴
  - Yale: syě-jài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejay
  - Palladius: сечжай (sečžaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ zaai³
  - Yale: hyut jaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ dzaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ zai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ t͡saːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chài
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzaix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chè
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-tsè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzex
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-chè
  - Tâi-lô: huih-tsè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huihzex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ t͡se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-chèe
  - Tâi-lô: hueh-tsèe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sɛ²¹/

Noun

血債

debt of blood
負有血債／负有血债 ― fùyǒu xuèzhài ― to have blood on one's hands