殺手

See also: 杀手

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (殺手)		殺	手
simp. (杀手)		杀	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ sau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sat-sú

(Hailu, HRS): sad shiu^ˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sat-chhiú / sat-siú

(Teochew, Peng'im): suah⁴ ciu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷saq-seu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shashǒu
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-shou³
  - Yale: shā-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashoou
  - Palladius: шашоу (šašou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saat³ sau²
  - Yale: saat sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    撒手
    殺手 / 杀手
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad^ˋ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚² su³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad shiu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /sat⁵⁻² ʃiu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sat-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satchiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-siú
  - Tâi-lô: sat-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satsiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suah⁴ ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suah tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷saq-seu
  - MiniDict: sah^入 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴saq-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

殺手

(literal, figurative) killer (especially a professional one such as a hitman or assassin)
她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.

癌症是人類的頭號殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
癌症是人类的头号杀手。 [MSC, simp.]
Áizhèng shì rénlèi de tóuhào shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
Cancer is the number one killer among humans. (figurative)
person who is especially good at a certain skill
師奶殺手／师奶杀手 [Cantonese] ― si¹ naai^5-1 saat³ sau² [Jyutping] ― person who is popular among middle-aged women, especially an actor

Derived terms

隱性殺手 / 隐性杀手 (yǐnxìng shāshǒu)