# 劊子手
## Chinese

* 劊子手

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guìzishǒu, kuàizishǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kui$^2$ zi$^2$ sau$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-chú-chhiú / kòe-chír-chhiú / kòe-chú-siú / kùi-chú-siú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guìzishǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guèizi̊hshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^4$-tzŭ$^5$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: gwèi-dz-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey.tzyshoou
*** Palladius: гуйцзышоу (gujczyšou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guìzishǒur
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guèizi̊hshǒur
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^4$-tzŭ$^5$-shou$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gwèi-dz-shǒur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey.tzyshooul
*** Palladius: гуйцзышоур (gujczyšour)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuàizishǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuàizi̊hshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$-tzŭ$^5$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: kwài-dz-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.tzyshoou
*** Palladius: куайцзышоу (kuajczyšou)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kui$^2$ zi$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: kúi jí sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kui$^2$ dzi$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kui$^2$ ji$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chú-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: kuè-tsú-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koeazwchiuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chír-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: kuè-tsír-tshiú
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chú-siú
*** Tâi-lô: kuè-tsú-siú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koeazwsiuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-chú-siú
*** Tâi-lô: kuì-tsú-siú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuiezwsiuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/

### Noun

劊子手
* (historical) executioner; headsman
* (figurative) butcher; slaughterer; indiscriminate murderer
    From: 1997, 劉德華 (lyrics 劉德華), 《冰雨》
    nǐ jiù xiàng yīge guìzǐshǒu bǎ wǒ chūmài [Pinyin]
    You betrayed me like an unfeeling murderer.

### References

* Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “劊”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 251; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 251
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “劊子手”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC