血債

Chinese

		blood	debt
trad. (血債)		血	債
simp. (血债)		血	债

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèzhài, xuězhài, xiězhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ zaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-chài / hiat-chè / huih-chè / hoeh-chèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèzhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chai⁴
    • Yale: sywè-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjay
    • Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuězhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuějhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-chai⁴
    • Yale: sywě-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejay
    • Palladius: сюэчжай (sjuečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siějhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chai⁴
    • Yale: syě-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejay
    • Palladius: сечжай (sečžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ zaai³
    • Yale: hyut jaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ dzaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ zai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ t͡saːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-chè
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatzex
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-chè
    • Tâi-lô: huih-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-chèe
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sɛ²¹/

Noun

血債

1. debt of blood

   負有血債／负有血债  ―  fùyǒu xuèzhài  ―  to have blood on one's hands