砍腦殼

Chinese

		to chop	braincase; cranium; skull braincase; cranium; skull; head
trad. (砍腦殼)		砍	腦殼
simp. (砍脑壳)		砍	脑壳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kan³ nao³ ko²

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: kan³ nao³ ko²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kanlaoko
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan⁵³ nau⁵³ kʰo²¹/

Verb

砍腦殼

1. (Guiyang, Liuzhou and Yangzhou Mandarin, Sichuanese) to behead; to decapitate
2. (Sichuanese, humorous) to have a haircut; to get a haircut

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首
	Harbin	殺頭
	Singapore	砍頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	斬首, 殺頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	斬首
	Xining	斬首
	Xuzhou	殺頭, 砍頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	砍頭
	Lanzhou	斬首
	Ürümqi	砍頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	砍腦殼, 斬首
	Wuhan	殺頭, 砍頭
	Guiyang	砍腦殼
	Liuzhou	砍腦殼, 殺頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	砍頭, 斬頭
	Yangzhou	殺頭
	Nantong	剁頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斬頭
	Hong Kong	斬頭, 殺頭
	Taishan	斬頭
	Dongguan	斬頭
Gan	Nanchang	殺頭, 砍頭
	Lichuan	殺頭
	Pingxiang	殺腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	殺頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Huizhou	Jixi	殺頭
Jin	Taiyuan	砍頭
	Xinzhou	砍得腦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	殺頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣頭, 斬頭
	Quanzhou	刣頭, 斬頭
	Jinjiang	刣頭
	Yongchun	刣頭
	Zhangzhou	刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭
	Tainan	刣頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	鏨頭, 刣頭
	Jieyang	斬頭, 刣頭
	Leizhou	砍頭
	Haikou	砍頭
Puxian Min	Putian	刣頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	斬首, 砍頭
Wu	Shanghai	殺頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	殺頭
	Suzhou	殺頭
	Danyang	殺頭
	Hangzhou	殺頭
	Ningbo	殺頭
	Wenzhou	殺頭
	Jinhua	殺頭, 得頭
Xiang	Changsha	砍頭
	Loudi	斫腦殼

• (to hake a haircut):

Dialectal synonyms of 理髮 (“to have a haircut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理髮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理髮, 剃頭
	Harbin	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Singapore	剪頭髮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	推頭
	Jinan	理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	剃頭, 理髮
	Wanrong	推頭, 理髮
	Xi'an	剃頭, 理髮
	Xining	剃頭, 理髮
	Xuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous
	Chongqing	理髮, 剃頭
	Wuhan	剃頭, 理髮
	Guiyang	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Liuzhou	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shanglin (Sanli)	飛頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剪頭
	Yangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮
	Hefei	剃頭, 理髮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛髮
	Hong Kong	飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	磨頭, 剃頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	剃頭
	Macau	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Foshan	飛髮
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛髮
	Foshan (Shunde)	飛髮
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛髮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	剪髮, 剃頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛髮, 剪髮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛髮, 剃頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刮頭, 飛髮
	Taishan	剪毛, 剪頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刮頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	刮頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	剃頭
	Dongguan	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	剃頭
	Yangjiang	剃頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛髮
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛髮
	Beihai	飛髮
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛髮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛髮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	剪頭髮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛髮
	Móng Cái	剃頭, 飛髮
Gan	Nanchang	剃頭, 理髮
	Lichuan	剃頭
Hakka	Meixian	飛髮, 飛毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剃頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剃頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	剃頭
	Luhe	剃頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剃頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剃頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剃頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剃頭
	Hong Kong	剃頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪髮
	Singkawang	剪毛
Huizhou	Jixi	剃頭
Jin	Taiyuan	剃頭, 理髮
	Xinzhou	剃頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剃頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female
Southern Min	Xiamen	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Quanzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Jinjiang	剃頭
	Zhangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female
	Tainan	剃頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	剪頭, 剪頭毛
	Chaozhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Shantou	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Jieyang	剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	剃頭
	Singapore (Teochew)	鉸頭毛
	Leizhou	剃頭, 車毛
	Haikou	剃頭
Puxian Min	Putian	剃頭, 剪髮
	Xianyou	剃頭, 剪髮
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	剃頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	剃頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剃頭, 飛髮
Wu	Shanghai	剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剃頭
	Suzhou	剃頭
	Danyang	剃頭, 剪頭
	Hangzhou	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female
	Ningbo	剃頭
	Wenzhou	剃頭
	Jinhua	剃頭
Xiang	Changsha	剃頭, 剃頭殼
	Shuangfeng	剃頭殼