斬殺

Chinese

		behead; chop	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (斬殺)		斬	殺
simp. (斩杀)		斩	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎnshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎnsha
    • Wade–Giles: chan³-sha¹
    • Yale: jǎn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaansha
    • Palladius: чжаньша (čžanʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam² saat³
    • Yale: jáam saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam² sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵ saːt̚³/

Verb

斬殺

1. to behead
2. to kill with a bladed weapon by hacking or slashing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斬	殺
ざん Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
斬殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざんさつ [zàńsátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zã̠ɰ̃sa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

斬(ざん)殺(さつ) • (zansatsu) 

1. killing with a sword

Verb

斬(ざん)殺(さつ)する • (zansatsu suru) suru (stem 斬(ざん)殺(さつ)し (zansatsu shi), past 斬(ざん)殺(さつ)した (zansatsu shita))

1. to kill with a sword

Conjugation

Conjugation of "斬殺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	斬殺し	ざんさつし	zansatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	斬殺し	ざんさつし	zansatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	斬殺する	ざんさつする	zansatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	斬殺する	ざんさつする	zansatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	斬殺すれ	ざんさつすれ	zansatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	斬殺せよ¹ 斬殺しろ²	ざんさつせよ¹ ざんさつしろ²	zansatsu seyo¹ zansatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	斬殺される	ざんさつされる	zansatsu sareru
Causative	斬殺させる 斬殺さす	ざんさつさせる ざんさつさす	zansatsu saseru zansatsu sasu
Potential	斬殺できる	ざんさつできる	zansatsu dekiru
Volitional	斬殺しよう	ざんさつしよう	zansatsu shiyō
Negative	斬殺しない	ざんさつしない	zansatsu shinai
Negative continuative	斬殺せず	ざんさつせず	zansatsu sezu
Formal	斬殺します	ざんさつします	zansatsu shimasu
Perfective	斬殺した	ざんさつした	zansatsu shita
Conjunctive	斬殺して	ざんさつして	zansatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	斬殺すれば	ざんさつすれば	zansatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative