切割

Chinese

	close to; to cut; to slice	cut off
trad. (切割)	切	割
simp. ^#(切割)	切	割
anagram	割切

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiēgē

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ got³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiat-koah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiēgē
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciege
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-ko¹
  - Yale: chyē-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiege
  - Palladius: цегэ (cegɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³ got³
  - Yale: chit got
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ got⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³ god³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ kɔːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-koah
  - Tâi-lô: tshiat-kuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiatkoaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kuaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kuaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuaʔ⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshet kat

Rime
Character	切	割
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	千結切	古達切
Baxter	tshet	kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰet̚/	/kɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰet̚/	/kɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛt̚/	/kɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛt̚/	/kat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰet̚/	/kɑt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiet̚/	/kɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiet̚/	/kɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cit³	got³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤi[t] Cə-kˤat/

(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːd kaːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	切	割
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiè	gē
Middle Chinese	‹ tshet ›	‹ kat ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁi[t]/	/*Cə-kˁat/
English	cut; urgent	cut (v.); harm (v.)
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	切	割
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	9908	4851
Phonetic component	七	害
Rime group	質	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		葛
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːd/	/*kaːd/

Verb

切割

to cut (using a knife, lathe)
- 故聖人裁制物也，猶工匠之斲削鑿枘也，宰庖之切割分別也，曲得其宜而不折傷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  故圣人裁制物也，犹工匠之斲削凿枘也，宰庖之切割分别也，曲得其宜而不折伤。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE
  Gù shèngrén cáizhì wù yě, yóu gōngjiàng zhī zhuóxuē záoruì yě, zǎipáo zhī qiègē fēnbié yě, qū dé qí yí ér bù zhé shāng. [Pinyin]
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(specifically) to cut metal using a machine tool
(figurative) to cut off; to isolate or remove from contact
- 在上述勢力的脅迫下，部分跨國公司不得不選擇與新疆「切割」，停止招聘新疆籍員工，以確保自身不涉及所謂「強迫勞動」。 [MSC, trad.]
  在上述势力的胁迫下，部分跨国公司不得不选择与新疆「切割」，停止招聘新疆籍员工，以确保自身不涉及所谓「强迫劳动」。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020 December 16, 贾春阳 (Jia Chunyang), 《炮制罪名乱疆反华注定不能得逞》, in 《光明日报》 [Guangming Daily], →ISSN, issue 25887, page 12
  Zài shàngshù shìlì de xiépò xià, bùfēn kuàguó gōngsī bùdébù xuǎnzé yǔ Xīnjiāng “qiēgē”, tíngzhǐ zhāopìn Xīnjiāng jí yuángōng, yǐ quèbǎo zìshēn bù shèjí suǒwèi “qiángpò láodòng”. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

女性生殖器切割 (nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē)