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