五馬分屍

Chinese

		five	horse; surname	to cut a corpse into pieces; to split or dismember a corpse
trad. (五馬分屍)		五	馬	分屍
simp. (五马分尸)		五	马	分尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔmǎfēnshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmǎfēnshī [Phonetic: wúmǎfēnshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmǎfenshih
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹
    • Yale: wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumaafenshy
    • Palladius: умафэньши (umafɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹
    • Yale: ńgh máh fān sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

五馬分屍

1. (historical) to dismember a body by having five horses pull the limbs and head
2. (figurative) to sentence someone capital punishment; to execute
3. (figurative) to split something up into small fragments