殺頭

See also: 杀头

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (殺頭)		殺	頭
simp. (杀头)		杀	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shātóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ tau^4-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad⁵ têu²
• Northern Min (KCR): suŏi-tê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shātóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shatóu
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: shā-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatour
    • Palladius: шатоу (šatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ tau^4-2
    • Yale: saat táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ teo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sad⁵ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: suŏi-tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suɛ²⁴ tʰe³³/

Verb

殺頭

1. to behead; to decapitate

   • 不殺頭，就要給飯吃。對一切反革命分子，都應當給以生活出路，使他們有自新的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
     不杀头，就要给饭吃。对一切反革命分子，都应当给以生活出路，使他们有自新的机会。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bù shātóu, jiù yào gěi fàn chī. Duì yīqiè fǎngémìng fènzǐ, dōu yīngdāng gěiyǐ shēnghuó chūlù, shǐ tāmen yǒu zìxīn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]

     If [counter-revolutionaries] are not executed, they have to be fed. All counter-revolutionaries should be given a chance to earn a living, so that the can start anew.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首
	Harbin	殺頭
	Singapore	砍頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	斬首, 殺頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	斬首
	Xining	斬首
	Xuzhou	殺頭, 砍頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	砍頭
	Lanzhou	斬首
	Ürümqi	砍頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	砍腦殼, 斬首
	Wuhan	殺頭, 砍頭
	Guiyang	砍腦殼
	Liuzhou	砍腦殼, 殺頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	砍頭, 斬頭
	Yangzhou	殺頭
	Nantong	剁頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斬頭
	Hong Kong	斬頭, 殺頭
	Taishan	斬頭
	Dongguan	斬頭
Gan	Nanchang	殺頭, 砍頭
	Lichuan	殺頭
	Pingxiang	殺腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	殺頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Huizhou	Jixi	殺頭
Jin	Taiyuan	砍頭
	Xinzhou	砍得腦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	殺頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣頭, 斬頭
	Quanzhou	刣頭, 斬頭
	Jinjiang	刣頭
	Yongchun	刣頭
	Zhangzhou	刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭
	Tainan	刣頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	鏨頭, 刣頭
	Jieyang	斬頭, 刣頭
	Leizhou	砍頭
	Haikou	砍頭
Puxian Min	Putian	刣頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	斬首, 砍頭
Wu	Shanghai	殺頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	殺頭
	Suzhou	殺頭
	Danyang	殺頭
	Hangzhou	殺頭
	Ningbo	殺頭
	Wenzhou	殺頭
	Jinhua	殺頭, 得頭
Xiang	Changsha	砍頭
	Loudi	斫腦殼