割喉

Chinese

		cut off	throat; larynx
trad. (割喉)		割	喉
simp. #(割喉)		割	喉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): got³ hau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koah-âu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gehóu
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-hou²
    • Yale: gē-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehour
    • Palladius: гэхоу (gɛxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: got³ hau⁴
    • Yale: got hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: god³ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³ hɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-âu
    • Tâi-lô: kuah-âu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koah'aau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua(ʔ)⁵ au²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au²³/

Verb

割喉

1. to cut a person's throat; to slit a person's throat

   一名女子被割喉殺害 [MSC, trad.]
   一名女子被割喉杀害 [MSC, simp.]

   yīmíng nǚzǐ bèi gēhóu shāhài [Pinyin]

   A woman had her throat slit and was killed

2. (neologism, figurative) to ruthlessly attack (nonphysically); to censure

Adjective

割喉

1. (neologism, attributive) cutthroat; ruthless; murderous