# 殺頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shātóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saat$^3$ tau$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad$^5$ têu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): suŏi-tê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shātóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shatóu
*** Wade–Giles: sha$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: shā-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatour
*** Palladius: шатоу (šatou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saat$^3$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: saat táu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saat$^8$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sad$^3$ teo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sad$^5$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sat̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: suŏi-tê
*** Sinological IPA : /suɛ²⁴ tʰe³³/

### Verb

殺頭
* to behead; to decapitate
    From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Bù shātóu, jiù yào gěi fàn chī. Duì yīqiè fǎngémìng fènzǐ, dōu yīngdāng gěiyǐ shēnghuó chūlù, shǐ tāmen yǒu zìxīn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
    If [counter-revolutionaries] are not executed, they have to be fed. All counter-revolutionaries should be given a chance to earn a living, so that the can start anew.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 殺頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 砍頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 斬首, 殺頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 斬首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 斬首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 砍頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 斬首 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 砍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 砍腦殼, 斬首 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 砍腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 砍腦殼, 殺頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 砍頭, 斬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 殺頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 剁頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 斬頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 斬頭, 殺頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 斬頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 斬頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 殺頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 殺腦殼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 殺頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 殺頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 砍頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 砍得腦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 殺頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刣頭, 斬頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 刣頭, 斬頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鏨頭, 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 斬頭, 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 砍頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 砍頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 刣頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 斬首, 砍頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 殺頭, 得頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 砍頭 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 斫腦殼 |