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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”)
- Used as a hyperbolical intensifying complement.
房間裡熱煞哉! [Suzhounese, trad.]
房间里热煞哉! [Suzhounese, simp.]- 2vaon-ke1-li6 8gniq-saeq7-tse0 [Wugniu]
- The room is so hot!
我真是急煞了! [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]- 6ngu 1tsen 6zy 7ciq-saq7-leq8 [Wugniu]
- I'm seriously in a rush!
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
- 煞車/煞车 ― shāchē ― to hit the break
- 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
- to end; to conclude; to terminate; to finish
- 煞尾 ― shāwěi ― to finish off
- (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)
- 收兵 (shōubīng) (figurative)
- 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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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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居然, 竟然
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Singapore
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竟然
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Liuzhou
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敢, 硬敢
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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居然
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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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Jieyang
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夰, 紲, 一回, 落, 敢敢
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Wu
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Shanghai
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居然, 竟然, 竟, 先勿先, 伊講
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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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Northeastern 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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Malaysia
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馬上
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Singapore
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馬上, 立刻
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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跟著, 馬上, 眼看著
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Central Plains Mandarin
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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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Xining
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眼看
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Xuzhou
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馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時
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Lanyin Mandarin
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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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Ürümqi
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馬上, 立馬兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬
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Wuhan
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馬上, 接身, 眼看
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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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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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馬即, 馬上
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Yangzhou
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馬上
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Hefei
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馬上
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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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Huangshan (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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Jieyang
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隨時, 靈時
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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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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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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
- A pre-predicate intensifier: very
- 煞費苦心/煞费苦心 ― shàfèikǔxīn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Variant pronunciation for the intensifying complement.
- (Early Mandarin) what
- (obsolete) although
Synonyms
- (what): 什麼/什么 (shénme), 啥 (shá)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
煞
(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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