借刀殺人

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	knife	to kill someone; to murder
trad. (借刀殺人)		借	刀	殺人
simp. (借刀杀人)		借	刀	杀人
Literally: “to borrow a knife to kill someone”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièdāoshārén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-tô-sat-ngìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-to-sat-lîn / chioh-to-sat-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièdāoshārén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièdaosharén
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-tao¹-sha¹-jên²
    • Yale: jyè-dāu-shā-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehdausharen
    • Palladius: цзедаошажэнь (czedaošažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
    • Yale: je dōu saat yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-tô-sat-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: jia do^ˊ sad^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ do¹ sad⁵ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a⁵⁵ to²⁴ sat̚² ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-to-sat-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsioh-to-sat-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioihdoisatliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-to-sat-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsioh-to-sat-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioihdoisatjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsioh to suah nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sioʔ²⁻⁴ to³³ suaʔ²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

借刀殺人

1. to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 借刀殺人 (“to attack someone using the strength of another”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		借刀殺人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	借刀殺人
	Singapore	借刀殺人
Cantonese	Hong Kong	借刀殺人, 借刀
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	借刀殺人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	借刀殺人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	借刀殺人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	借刀殺人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	借刀殺人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	借刀㓾人
Southern Min	Xiamen	借刀刣儂
	Jieyang	借刀殺儂