# 斬頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǎntóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam$^2$ tau$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chám-thèu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chám-thâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zam$^2$ tao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎntóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎntóu
*** Wade–Giles: chan$^3$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: jǎn-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaantour
*** Palladius: чжаньтоу (čžanʹtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaam$^2$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: jáam táu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam$^2$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zam$^2$ teo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zam$^ˋ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zam$^3$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chám-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tsám-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zafmtaau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zam$^2$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsám thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sam⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

### Verb

斬頭
* (dialectal) to behead; to decapitate

#### 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 |