殺手

See also: 杀手

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (殺手)		殺	手
simp. (杀手)		杀	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-sú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sat-chhiú / sat-siú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suah⁴ ciu²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷saq-seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shashǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-shou³
    • Yale: shā-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashoou
    • Palladius: шашоу (šašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saat³ sau²
    • Yale: saat sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 撒手 殺手／杀手

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: sad` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚² su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sat-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-siú
    • Tâi-lô: sat-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satsiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suah⁴ ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suah tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷saq-seu
    • MiniDict: sah^入 seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴saq-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

殺手

1. (literal, figurative) killer (especially a professional one such as a hitman or assassin)

   她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
   她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]

   She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.

   癌症是人類的頭號殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
   癌症是人类的头号杀手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Áizhèng shì rénlèi de tóuhào shāshǒu. [Pinyin]

   Cancer is the number one killer among humans. (figurative)

2. person who is especially good at a certain skill

   師奶殺手／师奶杀手 [Cantonese]  ―  si¹ naai^5-1 saat³ sau² [Jyutping]  ―  person who is popular among middle-aged women, especially an actor

Derived terms

• 隱性殺手／隐性杀手 (yǐnxìng shāshǒu)

 

See also

• 刺殺／刺杀 (cìshā)
• 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)