誅殺

See also: 诛杀

Chinese

		execute; punish	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (誅殺)		誅	殺
simp. (诛杀)		诛	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhusha
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-sha¹
    • Yale: jū-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jusha
    • Palladius: чжуша (čžuša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ saat³
    • Yale: jyū saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ saːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: trju sreat

Rime
Character	誅	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	山 (75)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	陟輸切	所八切
Baxter	trju	sreat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo/	/ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio/	/ʃᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio/	/ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆/	/ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ȶio/	/ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu/	/ʃæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u/	/ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1	saat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro  s<r>at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*to  sreːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誅	殺
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū	shā
Middle Chinese	‹ trju ›	‹ srɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*tro/	/*s<r>at/
English	punish; kill	kill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誅	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	17558	11010
Phonetic component	朱	杀
Rime group	侯	月
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	株	殺
Old Chinese	/*to/	/*sreːd/

Verb

誅殺

1. (literary) to murder; to kill

Synonyms

• 刑 (xíng) (literary)
• 剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
• 屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
• 屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
• 屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
• 慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
• 故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
• 殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
• 殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
• 殺／杀
• 殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
• 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
• 殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
• 殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
• 解決／解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
• 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)
• 辦／办 (bàn) (euphemism)