扼殺

See also: 扼杀

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (扼殺)		扼	殺
simp. (扼杀)		扼	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iak-sat / ek-sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èsha
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: è-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehsha
    • Palladius: эша (eša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aak¹ saat³
    • Yale: āak saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-sat
    • Tâi-lô: iak-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaksad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-sat
    • Tâi-lô: ik-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eksad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ sat̚³²/

Verb

扼殺

1. (literally, figuratively) to strangle; to throttle

Synonyms

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• 扼死 (èsǐ)
• 掐死 (qiāsǐ)

 

Related terms

• 抹殺／抹杀 (mǒshā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (扼殺):

• → Japanese: 扼殺(やくさつ) (yakusatsu)