割喉

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Chinese

		cut off	throat; larynx
trad. (割喉)		割	喉
simp. ^#(割喉)		割	喉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): got³ hau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koah-âu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gehóu
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-hou²
  - Yale: gē-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehour
  - Palladius: гэхоу (gɛxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: got³ hau⁴
  - Yale: got hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: god³ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³ hɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-âu
  - Tâi-lô: kuah-âu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koah'aau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua(ʔ)⁵ au²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au²³/

Verb

割喉

to cut a person's throat; to slit a person's throat
一名女子被割喉殺害 [MSC, trad.]
一名女子被割喉杀害 [MSC, simp.]
yīmíng nǚzǐ bèi gēhóu shāhài
A woman had her throat slit and was killed
(neologism, figurative) to ruthlessly attack (nonphysically); to censure

Adjective

割喉

(neologism, attributive) cutthroat; ruthless; murderous

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