屠宰

屠宰

Chinese

		slaughter; slaughter man	slaughter; butcher; govern slaughter; butcher; govern; rule; official
simp. and trad. (屠宰)		屠	宰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ zoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-chái
• Min Nan (POJ): tó͘-cháiⁿ / tô͘-chái / tô͘-cháiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: túzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutzae
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ zoi²
    • Yale: tòuh jói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dzoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ zoi²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ t͡sɔːy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-chái
    • Hakka Romanization System: tuˇ zai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu² zai³
    • IPA: /tʰu¹¹ t͡sai̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘-cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tóo-tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dofzvae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chái
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tsái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dozae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² t͡saɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dozvae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sãɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sãɪ⁵³/

Verb

屠宰

1. to slaughter (an animal for food); to butcher

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 宰 (“to slaughter; to butcher”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		宰, 屠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		宰殺, 屠宰
Mandarin	Beijing	宰, 殺, 治 fish
	Taiwan	宰, 殺
	Jinan	宰, 殺, 治
	Xi'an	宰, 殺
	Wuhan	宰, 殺, 治 fish
	Chengdu	宰, 殺
	Yangzhou	殺, 宰, 治 fish
	Hefei	殺, 治 fish
Cantonese	Guangzhou	劏, 善 chicken
	Hong Kong	劏
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	劏
	Taishan	劏
	Yangjiang	劏
Gan	Nanchang	殺, 治 fish
Hakka	Meixian	治
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	治
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	治
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	治
	Dongshi (Dabu)	治
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	治
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	治
	Hong Kong	劏
	Sabah	劏
	Singkawang	劏
Jin	Taiyuan	宰, 殺
Min Bei	Jian'ou	刣
Min Dong	Fuzhou	刣, 刺
Min Nan	Xiamen	刣
	Quanzhou	刣
	Zhangzhou	刣
	Taipei	刣
	Kaohsiung	刣
	Penang	刣
	Chaozhou	刣
Wu	Suzhou	殺
	Wenzhou	㷟, 殺
Xiang	Changsha	殺, 宰
	Shuangfeng	殺

Derived terms

屠宰場／屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
屠	宰

Noun

屠宰 • (dojae) (hangeul 도재)

1. Hanja form^? of 도재 (“slaughter”).