閹割

See also: 阉割

Chinese

		castrate	cut off
trad. (閹割)		閹	割
simp. (阉割)		阉	割

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāngē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ got³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yange
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-ko¹
    • Yale: yān-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iange
    • Palladius: яньгэ (janʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ got³
    • Yale: yīm got
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ got⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ god³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³/

Verb

閹割

1. (literally) to castrate; to neuter; to emasculate

   Synonym: 去勢／去势 (qùshì)

   化學閹割／化学阉割  ―  huàxuéyāngē  ―  chemical castration

2. (figuratively) to castrate (to take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual); to nerf

Derived terms

• 化學閹割／化学阉割 (huàxué yāngē)