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兇手

兇手

See also: 凶手

Chinese

		fierce	hand; convenient; -er
trad. (兇手)		兇	手
simp. (凶手)		凶	手

Noun

兇手

murderer; killer

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiōngshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiûng-sú
Min Nan (POJ): hiong-chhiú / hiong-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiōngshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ sau²
  - Yale: hūng sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiung´ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiung¹ su³
  - IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴ su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongchiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-siú
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongsiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu⁴¹/