劊子手

See also: 刽子手

Chinese

		amputate, cut off	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (劊子手)		劊	子	手
simp. (刽子手)		刽	子	手
alternative forms		儈子手／侩子手 misspelling

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìzishǒu, kuàizishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² zi² sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-chú-chhiú / kòe-chír-chhiú / kòe-chú-siú / kùi-chú-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìzishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèizi̊hshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-tzŭ⁵-shou³
    • Yale: gwèi-dz-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey.tzyshoou
    • Palladius: гуйцзышоу (gujczyšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìzishǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèizi̊hshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-tzŭ⁵-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwèi-dz-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey.tzyshooul
    • Palladius: гуйцзышоур (gujczyšour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàizishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàizi̊hshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-tzŭ⁵-shou³
    • Yale: kwài-dz-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.tzyshoou
    • Palladius: куайцзышоу (kuajczyšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui² zi² sau²
    • Yale: kúi jí sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui² dzi² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui² ji² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chú-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-tsú-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeazwchiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chír-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-tsír-tshiú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chú-siú
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-tsú-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeazwsiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-chú-siú
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-tsú-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiezwsiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/

Noun

劊子手

1. (historical) executioner; headsman
2. (figurative) butcher; slaughterer; indiscriminate murderer

   • 妳就像一個劊子手把我出賣 [MSC, trad.]
     你就像一个刽子手把我出卖 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1997, 劉德華 (lyrics 劉德華), 《冰雨》

     nǐ jiù xiàng yīge guìzǐshǒu bǎ wǒ chūmài [Pinyin]

     You betrayed me like an unfeeling murderer.

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “劊”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 251; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 251
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “劊子手”, in 臺日大辭典‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC