# 刺客
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cìkè
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄎㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^3$ haak$^3$ / cik$^3$ haak$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-khek / chhì-kheh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cìkè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄎㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìhkè
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^4$-kʻo$^4$
*** Yale: tsz̀-kè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhkeh
*** Palladius: цыкэ (cykɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^3$ haak$^3$ / cik$^3$ haak$^3$
*** Yale: chi haak / chik haak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^3$ haak$^8$ / tsik$^8$ haak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^3$ hag$^3$ / qig$^3$ hag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³³ haːk̚³/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³ haːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-khek
*** Tâi-lô: tshì-khik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chie'qeg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kheh
*** Tâi-lô: tshì-kheh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chie'qeq
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰeʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/

### Noun

刺客
* assassin (Classifier: 個／个; 位; 名)
    From: 16th century, 許仲琳 [Xu Zhonglin], 封神演義 (Fēngshén Yǎnyì) [Investiture of the Gods], chapter 87
    Zhāng Kuí zhàng dāo jìngrù, Yáng Rèn yīshí zhāojí, jiāng yúnxiáshòu yī kē, zhì sān céng quānzi nèi, jī yúnbǎn, dàhū yuē: “Yǒu cìkè jìn yíng! Gè shào zǐxì!” [Pinyin]
    Zhang Kui walked in holding his dagger. Yang Ren, suddenly feeling anxious, spurred his cloud-haze beast into the three layers of circles and beat the alarm plank, shouting, "An assassin has entered the camp! Be alert, patrolmen!"
* (figurative, poetic) rose
    From: Qing dynasty, 梁修, 〈玫瑰〉, in 《花埭百花诗笺注》, annotated by 梁中民 and 廖国楣, Guangzhou: 广东高等教育出版社, published 1989, page 10
    Ruò fāng cìkè yīng shénsì, qíjué rénjiān Niè Yǐnniáng. [Pinyin]
    If compared to an assassin [the rose] should be alike in spirit, remarkable as the well-known Nie Yinniang.
    From: 2011, 薛蒙林; 许胜高, 《仰韶圣地：渑池的高度与荣光》, Beijing: 新华出版社, page 190
    Méiguī, yī ge shǐ rén fēngkuáng de shǐzhě, yī míng cìkè, bùzhī fúhuò le duōshào rén de xīn. [Pinyin]
    The rose, a messenger that makes people crazy, an assassin, no one knows how many hearts it has seized.
    From: 2015 March 8, 薛为河, 阳台观玫瑰花, in 《薛为河诗词楹联选集》, Beijing: 团结出版社, published 2019, page 15
    Xùrì gù yángtái, pén zhōng cìkè zāi. [Pinyin]
    The rising sun takes care of the balcony; planted in the pot is a prickly guest.

#### Synonyms

* (assassin): 暗殺者／暗杀者 (ànshāzhě)
* (rose): 玫瑰 (méigui)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 刺(し)客(かく) (shikaku)
* → Korean: 자객(刺客) (jagaek)
* → Vietnamese: thích khách (刺客)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 刺 | 客 |
| し Grade: S | きゃく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 刺 | 客 |
| せき > せっ Grade: S | かく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 刺 | 客 |
| し Grade: S | かく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しかく [shìkákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕi̥ka̠kɯ̟]
* (Tokyo) せっかく [sèkkákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [se̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟]
* (Tokyo) しきゃく [shìkyákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕi̥kʲa̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

刺(し)客(かく) or 刺(せっ)客(かく) or 刺(し)客(きゃく) • (shikaku or sekkaku or shikyaku)
* Synonym of 暗殺者 (ansatsusha, “assassin”)
* Synonym of 殺し屋 (koroshiya, “hitman”)
** 2003 August 12, CLAMP, “Chapitre(シャピトル).2(に) 記(き)憶(おく)の対(たい)価(か) [Chapitre 2: The Cost of Memory]”, in ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ [Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 68:
    は——はははっ！弱(よえ)ぇ！弱(よえ)ぇ！てめぇら！仮(かり)にも刺(し)客(かく)だろ⁉
       Ha——hahaha'! Yoē! Yoē! Temēra! Kari ni mo shikaku daro⁉
       Ha——Hahahah! Too weak! Too weak! And you call yourselves hit men⁉

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 刺 | 客 |

### Noun

刺客 • (jagaek) (hangeul 자객)
* hanja form of 자객 (“assassin”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 刺 | 客 |

### Noun

刺客
* chữ Hán form of thích khách (“assassin”).