砍頭

砍頭

See also: 砍头

Chinese

		to chop	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (砍頭)		砍	頭
simp. (砍头)		砍	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham² tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaantour
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham² tau⁴
    • Yale: hám tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem² teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

砍頭

1. to behead; to decapitate

   砍頭示眾 / 砍头示众  ―  kǎntóu shìzhòng  ―  to subject to a public beheading

Synonyms

• 殺頭／杀头 (shātóu)
• 斬首／斩首 (zhǎnshǒu)
• (Cantonese, Min Nan) 斬頭／斩头 (zhǎntóu)
• (Min Nan) 刣頭／刣头, 摧頭／摧头