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Translingual
Han character
煞 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓大火 (NKF), four-corner 28334, composition ⿱⿰刍攵灬)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 677, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19210
- Dae Jaweon: page 1088, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2221, character 4
- Unihan data for U+715E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 閷
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*sreːdss
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| 鎩
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*sreːds, *srads, *sreːd
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| 殺
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*sreːds, *sreːd
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| 蔱
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*srads, *sreːd
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| 摋
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*slaːd
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| 煞
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*sreːd
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| 榝
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*sreːd, *sred
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| 刹
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*sʰraːd
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Alternative form of 殺／杀.
Etymology
From 殺／杀 (shā).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- soah - vernacular (“to end; to stop and give up; to prevent; unexpectedly; how; at once; to be wounded by evil spirits; demon”);
- sah/sòa - vernacular (“unexpectedly; how; at once”);
- sat - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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煞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11011
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Phonetic
component
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杀
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Rime
group
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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殺
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Old
Chinese
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/*sreːd/
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| Notes
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俗殺字，殺隸變，從左下變三點書訛來，
見鶡冠子
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Definitions
煞
- Alternative form of 殺／杀 (“to kill”)
秋風秋雨愁煞人 [MSC, trad.]
秋风秋雨愁煞人 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1907, last written words of 秋瑾 Qiu Jin before her beheading
- qiū fēng qiū yǔ chóu shā rén
- Autumn wind, autumn rain – they make one die of sorrow.
- to stop; to halt
- 煞尾 ― shāwěi ― to finish off
- to weaken; to reduce
- 煞風景／煞风景 ― shāfēngjǐng ― to damage the beautiful scenery
- to tighten
- (Northern Wu) to satisfy; to quench (esp. a desire)
- 煞念頭／煞念头 [Shanghainese] ― 7saq 6gni-deu [Wugniu] ― to satisfy a craving
- (Hokkien) to end; to conclude; to terminate; to finish
- (Hokkien) to stop and give up; to abandon; to leave it be; to leave it at that
- (Hokkien) to prevent; to restrain; to suppress; to hold back
- (Hokkien) unexpectedly; surprisingly; instead
- (Hokkien) how; how can it be that (used in rhetorical questions)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) at once; immediately
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be wounded by evil spirits
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) demon; fiend; devil
Synonyms
- 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
- 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
- 停 (tíng)
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
- 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
- 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
- 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
- 放煞 (Min Nan)
- 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
- 歇 (xiē)
- 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 止息 (zhǐxī)
- 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 煞手 (Hokkien)
- 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
- 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
- 罷／罢
- 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
- 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
- 間斷／间断
- 須／须 (xū) (literary)
- 頓／顿
- 了卻／了却 (liǎoquè)
- 了斷／了断 (liǎoduàn)
- 了結／了结 (liǎojié)
- 交代 (jiāodài) (humorous)
- 告終／告终 (gàozhōng)
- 完了 (wánliǎo)
- 完畢／完毕 (wánbì)
- 完結／完结 (wánjié)
- 收場／收场 (shōuchǎng)
- 收束 (shōushù)
- 煞事 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 結／结
- 結束／结束 (jiéshù)
- 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
- 結腳／结脚 (jie2 juo2) (Sichuanese)
- 罷／罢
- (to stop and give up): 算了 (suànle)
- (to restrain): 制止 (zhìzhǐ), 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
- (unexpectedly):
Dialectal synonyms of
居然 (“unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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居然, 竟然, 竟
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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居然, 竟然
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| Liuzhou
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敢, 硬敢
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| Yangzhou
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居然
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| Singapore
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竟然
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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竟然
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| Hong Kong
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竟然, 居然, 竟然間
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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煞, 竟然
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| Quanzhou
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煞, 竟然
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| Zhangzhou
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煞, 竟然
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| Tainan
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煞, 竟然
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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居然, 竟然, 竟, 先勿先
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- (how): 豈／岂 (qǐ), 怎麼／怎么 (zěnme), 哪 (nǎ), 難道／难道 (nándào), 莫非 (mòfēi)
- (at once):
Dialectal synonyms of
馬上 (“immediately; at once”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒
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| Taiwan
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馬上, 立刻
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| Harbin
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馬上, 立刻亮兒
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| Yantai (Muping)
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跟著, 馬上, 眼看著
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| Jinan
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馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即
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| Luoyang
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眼看, 當下, 說聲兒
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| Wanrong
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馬上
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| Xi'an
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馬上
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| Yinchuan
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馬上, 眼看
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| Lanzhou
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馬上, 立馬
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| Xining
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眼看
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| Ürümqi
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馬上, 立馬兒
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| Wuhan
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馬上, 接身, 眼看
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| Chengdu
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馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬
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| Guiyang
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馬上, 立馬
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| Guilin
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馬上
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| Liuzhou
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馬上
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| Xuzhou
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馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時
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| Yangzhou
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馬上
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| Nanjing
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馬即, 馬上
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| Hefei
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馬上
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| Malaysia
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馬上
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| Singapore
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馬上, 立刻
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂
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| Hong Kong
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即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂
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| Taishan
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即刻, 當下
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| Dongguan
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即午, 馬上
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| Yangjiang
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跟手
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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即刻
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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即刻
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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馬上, 仰上
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| Lichuan
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馬上, 即刻
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| Pingxiang
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馬上
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆
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| Yudu
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馬上
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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黏時, 跈等, 馬上
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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黏時, 隨
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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當時
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| Shexian
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馬上
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| Tunxi
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馬上
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| Xiuning
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馬上
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| Yixian
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即刻
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| Qimen
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馬上
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| Wuyuan
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馬上
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻
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| Xinzhou
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眼看
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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馬上
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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此刻, 馬上, 連刻
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Quanzhou
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連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Jinjiang
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隨時
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| Zhangzhou
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連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞
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| Taipei
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連鞭, 隨時, 即時
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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馬上
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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隨, 隨隨, 隨時
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| Chaozhou
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隨時, 馬上, 即時
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| Shantou
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馬上
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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馬上
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| Leizhou
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當下, 即時
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| Haikou
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即刻, 登場
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| Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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馬上, 即刻
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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馬上, 即刻
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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眼看
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| Suzhou
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馬上
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| Danyang
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跟手
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| Hangzhou
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立馬兒
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| Ningbo
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隨手
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| Wenzhou
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馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇
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| Jinhua
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馬上
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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馬上, 𪐀噠
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| Loudi
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馬下
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| Shuangfeng
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馬上
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- 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
- 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
- 妖 (yāo)
- 妖孽 (yāoniè)
- 妖怪 (yāoguài)
- 妖物 (yāowù)
- 妖精 (yāojīng)
- 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
- 妖魔 (yāomó)
- 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怪物 (guàiwu)
- 惡魔／恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
- 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
- 精怪 (jīngguài)
- 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 邪魔 (xiémó)
- 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
- 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
煞
- evil spirit; demon
- 凶神惡煞／凶神恶煞 ― xiōngshén'èshà ― fierce person; ferocious person
- very
- 熱煞脫了／热煞脱了 [Shanghainese] ― 8gniq-saq-theq-leq [Wugniu] ― (it is) very hot
我真是急煞了！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]- 6ngu 1tsen 6zy 7ciq-saq-leq [Wugniu]
- I’m seriously in a rush!
- (literary) what
- (obsolete) although
Synonyms
- (what): 什麼／什么 (shénme), 啥 (shá)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
煞
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
煞 • (sal) (hangeul 살, revised sal, McCune–Reischauer sal, Yale sal)
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Vietnamese
Han character
煞: Hán Việt readings: sát
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