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
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): iak-sat / ek-sat

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/
Min Nan
- (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

(literally, figuratively) to strangle; to throttle

Synonyms

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)

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