他殺

See also: 他杀

Chinese

		he; him; other	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (他殺)		他	殺
simp. (他杀)		他	杀

Etymology

The sense of "cutting a fruit" is influenced by Hokkien 刣 (thâi, “to cut open or to kill”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ-sat / tha-sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tasha
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-sha¹
    • Yale: tā-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tasha
    • Palladius: таша (taša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ saat³
    • Yale: tā saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thaⁿ-sat
    • Tâi-lô: thann-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvasad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-sat
    • Tâi-lô: tha-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tasad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/

Verb

他殺

1. (law) to commit homicide

   Coordinate term: 自殺／自杀 (zìshā)

2. (Taiwan, slang) to ask the vendor to cut a fruit, etc., especially a pineapple

   Coordinate term: 自殺／自杀 (zìshā)

Noun

他殺

1. (law) homicide

Synonyms

• 殺人／杀人 (shārén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
他	殺
た Grade: 3	さつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
他殺 (kyūjitai)

Noun

他(た)殺(さつ) • (tasatsu) 

1. homicide, murder or manslaughter

   警察(けいさつ)は他殺(たさつ)と見(み)て調査(ちょうさ)している。

   Keisatsu wa tasatsu to mite chōsa shite iru.

   The police are investigating the case as a homicide.

Coordinate terms

• 自殺(じさつ) (jisatsu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
他	殺

Noun

他殺 • (tasal) (hangeul 타살)

1. Hanja form^? of 타살 (“homicide, murder”).