殺手

See also: 杀手

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (殺手)		殺	手
simp. (杀手)		杀	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-sú
Min Nan (POJ): sat-chhiú / sat-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shashǒu
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-shou³
  - Yale: shā-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashoou
  - Palladius: шашоу (šašou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saat³ sau²
  - Yale: saat sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    撒手
    殺手／杀手
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad` su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚² su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sat-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satchiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-siú
  - Tâi-lô: sat-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satsiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiu⁴¹/

Noun

殺手

(literally, figurative) killer (especially a professional one such as a hitman or assassin)
她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
person who is especially good at a certain skill

Derived terms

隱性殺手／隐性杀手 (yǐnxìng shāshǒu)

See also

刺殺／刺杀 (cìshā)
謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)

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