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Chinese
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amputate, cut off
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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hand; convenient; ‑er
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trad. (劊子手)
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劊
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子
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手
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simp. (刽子手)
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刽
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子
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手
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alternative forms
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儈子手/侩子手 misspelling
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Pronunciation
Noun
劊子手
- (historical) executioner; headsman
- (figurative) butcher; slaughterer; indiscriminate murderer
References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “劊”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 251; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 251
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “劊子手”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC