戕賊

Chinese

		to kill	thief
trad. (戕賊)		戕	賊
simp. (戕贼)		戕	贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāngzéi, qiángzéi, qiángzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤ ㄗㄟˊ, ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄗㄟˊ, ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ caak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāngzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciangzéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang¹-tsei²
    • Yale: chyāng-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiangtzeir
    • Palladius: цянцзэй (cjanczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángzéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-tsei²
    • Yale: chyáng-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtzeir
    • Palladius: цянцзэй (cjanczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángzé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-tsê²
    • Yale: chyáng-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtzer
    • Palladius: цянцзэ (cjanczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ caak⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Verb

戕賊

1. (literary) to damage; to harm; to injure; to slay

   • 念誰為之戕賊，亦何恨乎秋聲！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     念谁为之戕贼，亦何恨乎秋声！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1059, Ouyang Xiu, Fu on Autumn（《秋聲賦》）, tr. Arthur Waley

     Niàn shéi wèizhī qiāngzéi, yì hé hèn hū qiūshēng! [Pinyin]

     Who but man himself is the slayer of his youth? Why was I angered at Autumn's voice?

Synonyms

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• 傷害／伤害 (shānghài)
• 危及 (wēijí)
• 危害 (wēihài)
• 妨害 (fánghài)
• 戕害 (qiānghài) (literary)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 損傷／损伤 (sǔnshāng)
• 損害／损害 (sǔnhài)
• 暴害 (bàohài) (literary)
• 有傷／有伤 (yǒushāng) (chiefly used in derived terms)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)