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Chinese
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to kill; to murder; to slaughter
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(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
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trad. (殺伐)
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殺
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伐
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simp. (杀伐)
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杀
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伐
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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殺
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伐
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Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shài
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fá
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Middle Chinese
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‹ srɛjH ›
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‹ bjot ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s<r>at-s/
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/*m-pat/
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English
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diminish
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cut; strike; attack
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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殺
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伐
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Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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11010
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2859
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Phonetic component
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杀
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伐
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Rime group
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月
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月
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Rime subdivision
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2
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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殺
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伐
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Old Chinese
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/*sreːd/
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/*bad/
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Verb
殺伐
- (literary) to kill; to murder; to massacre
《太誓》曰:『我武惟揚,侵于之疆,則取于殘,殺伐用張,于湯有光。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
《太誓》曰:『我武惟扬,侵于之疆,则取于残,杀伐用张,于汤有光。』 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- “Tài Shì” yuē: ‘Wǒ wǔ wéi yáng, qīn yú zhī jiāng, zé qǔ yú cán, shāfá yòng zhāng, yú Tāng yǒu guāng.’
- In the Great Declaration it is said, "My power shall be put forth, and, invading the territories of Shang, I will seize the oppressor. I will put him to death to punish him - so shall the greatness of my work appear, more glorious than that of Tang."
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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殺伐 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Adjective
殺伐 • (satsubatsu) †-tari (adnominal 殺伐とした (satsubatsu to shita) or 殺伐たる (satsubatsu taru), adverbial 殺伐と (satsubatsu to) or 殺伐として (satsubatsu to shite))
- murderous, cruel
- 2001, "Yoshinoya copypasta"
- 吉野家ってのはな、もっと殺伐としてるべきなんだよ。
- Yoshinoya tte no wa na, motto satsubatsu to shiteru beki na n da yo.
- Yoshinoya really ought to have a harsher, more murderous air about it.
Adjective
殺伐 • (satsubatsu) -na (adnominal 殺伐な (satsubatsu na), adverbial 殺伐に (satsubatsu ni))
- murderous, cruel
Noun
殺伐 • (satsubatsu)
- murderousness, cruelty
Verb
殺伐する • (satsubatsu suru) suru (stem 殺伐し (satsubatsu shi), past 殺伐した (satsubatsu shita))
- to kill, to murder
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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殺伐し
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さつばつし
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satsubatsu shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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殺伐し
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さつばつし
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satsubatsu shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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殺伐する
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さつばつする
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satsubatsu suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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殺伐する
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さつばつする
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satsubatsu suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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殺伐すれ
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さつばつすれ
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satsubatsu sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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殺伐せよ¹ 殺伐しろ²
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さつばつせよ¹ さつばつしろ²
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satsubatsu seyo¹ satsubatsu shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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殺伐される
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さつばつされる
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satsubatsu sareru
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Causative
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殺伐させる 殺伐さす
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さつばつさせる さつばつさす
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satsubatsu saseru satsubatsu sasu
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Potential
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殺伐できる
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さつばつできる
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satsubatsu dekiru
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Volitional
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殺伐しよう
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さつばつしよう
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satsubatsu shiyō
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Negative
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殺伐しない
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さつばつしない
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satsubatsu shinai
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Negative continuative
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殺伐せず
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さつばつせず
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satsubatsu sezu
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Formal
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殺伐します
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さつばつします
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satsubatsu shimasu
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Perfective
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殺伐した
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さつばつした
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satsubatsu shita
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Conjunctive
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殺伐して
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さつばつして
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satsubatsu shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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殺伐すれば
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さつばつすれば
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satsubatsu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References