血債

Chinese

		blood	debt
trad. (血債)		血	債
simp. (血债)		血	债

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèzhài, xuězhài, xiězhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ zaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-chài / hiat-chè / huih-chè / hoeh-chèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèzhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chai⁴
    • Yale: sywè-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjay
    • Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuězhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuějhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-chai⁴
    • Yale: sywě-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejay
    • Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siějhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chai⁴
    • Yale: syě-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejay
    • Palladius: сечжай (sečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ zaai³
    • Yale: hyut jaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ dzaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ zai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ t͡saːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chè
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzex
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-chè
    • Tâi-lô: huih-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-chèe
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sɛ²¹/

Noun

血債

1. debt of blood

   負有血債／负有血债  ―  fùyǒu xuèzhài  ―  to have blood on one's hands

   受害人為了討還殺父血債，卻轉身成為另一個加害人。 [MSC, trad.]
   受害人为了讨还杀父血债，却转身成为另一个加害人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shòuhàirén wèile tǎo hái shā fù xuèzhài, què zhuǎnshēn chéngwéi lìng yīge jiāhàirén. [Pinyin]

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   • 墨寫的謊說，決掩不住血寫的事實。血債必須用同物償還。拖欠得愈久，就要付更大的利息！ [MSC, trad.]
     墨写的谎说，决掩不住血写的事实。血债必须用同物偿还。拖欠得愈久，就要付更大的利息！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: Lu Xun《無花的薔薇之二》

     Mò xiě de huǎng shuō, jué yǎn bù zhù xuè xiě de shìshí. Xuèzhài bìxū yòng tóng wù chánghuán. Tuōqiàn dé yù jiǔ, jiùyào fù gèng dà de lìxī! [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 血債血償／血债血偿 (xuèzhàixuècháng)

 

References

• “Entry #106117”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.