殺人

See also: 杀人

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	man; person; people
trad. (殺人)		殺	人
simp. (杀人)		杀	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shārén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sat-lîn / sat-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shārén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sharén
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên²
    • Yale: shā-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharen
    • Palladius: шажэнь (šažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴
    • Yale: saat yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sad` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚² ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sat-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satliin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sat-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zin¹³/

Verb

殺人

1. to kill someone

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 㓾人
• (Min Nan) 刣人

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 殺人

1. murder; homicide

   殺人凶器／杀人凶器  ―  shārén xiōngqì  ―  murder weapon

   墮胎是殺人嗎？／堕胎是杀人吗？  ―  Duòtāi shì shārén ma?  ―  Is abortion murder?

See also

• 他殺／他杀 (tāshā)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
殺	人
さつ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spelling
殺人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 殺 (satsu, “killing”) +‎ 人 (jin, “human”)

Noun

殺(さつ)人(じん) • (satsujin) 

1. murder

   殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)

   satsujin jiken

   a murder case

   • 1995 June 1 [1993 February 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “ファイル１(いち)　オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)①(いち) [File 1: The Opera House Murder Case #1]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 70:

     これは事(じ)故(こ)なんかじゃない‥！殺(さつ)人(じん)だ‼日(ひ)高(だか)織(おり)絵(え)は殺(ころ)されたんだ！

     Kore wa jiko nan ka ja nai‥! Satsujin da‼ Hidaka Orie wa korosaretan da!

     This was no accident...! It was a murder!! Hidaka Orie was killed by someone!

See also

• 殺(さつ)人(じん)者(しゃ) (satsujinsha)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
殺	人

Noun

殺人 • (sarin) (hangeul 살인)

1. hanja form^? of 살인 (“murder; killing; homicide”)