腰斬

See also: 腰斩

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	behead; chop
trad. (腰斬)		腰	斬
simp. (腰斩)		腰	斩
alternative forms		要斬／要斩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāozhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ zaam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-chám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāozhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaojhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-chan³
    • Yale: yāu-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaujaan
    • Palladius: яочжань (jaočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ zaam²
    • Yale: yīu jáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ dzaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ zam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-chám
    • Tâi-lô: io-tsám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioizarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ t͡sam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁴¹/

Verb

腰斬

1. (historical) to execute by waist chop
2. (figurative) to terminate an ongoing series (TV series, comics, concert tour, or other entertainment)

   由於現場天氣惡劣，這場賽事被迫腰斬。 [MSC, trad.]
   由于现场天气恶劣，这场赛事被迫腰斩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yóuyú xiànchǎng tiānqì èliè, zhè chǎng sàishì bèipò yāozhǎn. [Pinyin]

   This match was abandoned due to extreme weather at the venue.

3. (figurative) to diminish by half; to be reduced to half the original amount