暗殺

See also: 暗杀

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (暗殺)		暗	殺
simp. (暗杀)		暗	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ saat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): am-sat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànsha
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: àn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annsha
    • Palladius: аньша (anʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ saat³
    • Yale: am saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ saːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: am-sat
    • Hakka Romanization System: am sad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: am⁴ sad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /am⁵⁵ sat̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-sat
    • Tâi-lô: àm-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armsad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ sat̚³²/

Verb

暗殺

1. to kill discreetly; to assassinate discreetly

   慘遭暗殺／惨遭暗杀  ―  cǎnzāo ànshā  ―  to be assassinated

   暗殺事件／暗杀事件  ―  ànshā shìjiàn  ―  assassination

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺殺／刺杀 (cìshā)
• 暗害 (ànhài)
• 行刺 (xíngcì)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	殺
あん Grade: 3	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
暗殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: 按察

Noun

暗(あん)殺(さつ) • (ansatsu) 

1. assassination
   • 1999 May 25, “アサシン [Assassin]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

     闇(やみ)の中(なか)を音(おと)もたてず相(あい)手(て)に忍(しの)び寄(よ)る、暗(あん)殺(さつ)専(せん)門(もん)の戦(せん)士(し)。

     Yami no naka o oto mo tatezu aite ni shinobiyoru, ansatsu senmon no senshi.

     A warrior specializing in assassination, who silently creeps up on his opponent in the dark.

Verb

暗(あん)殺(さつ)する • (ansatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 暗(あん)殺(さつ)し (ansatsu shi), past 暗(あん)殺(さつ)した (ansatsu shita))

1. to assassinate

Conjugation

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

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
暗	殺

Noun

暗殺 • (amsal) (hangeul 암살)

1. Hanja form^? of 암살 (“assassination”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暗	殺

Verb

暗殺

1. chữ Hán form of ám sát (“to assassinate”).