# 暗殺
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ànshā
    (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): am$^3$ saat$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): am-sat
    (Hailu, HRS): am$^ˇ$ sad
    (Meixian, Guangdong): am$^4$ sad$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-sat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ànshā
*** Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ànsha
*** Wade–Giles: an$^4$-sha$^1$
*** Yale: àn-shā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annsha
*** Palladius: аньша (anʹša)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$暗殺／暗杀 暗沙
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^3$ saat$^3$
*** Yale: am saat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^3$ saat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^3$ sad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm³³ saːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: am-sat
*** Hakka Romanization System: am sad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: am$^4$ sad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵⁵ sat̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: am$^ˇ$ sad
*** Sinological IPA: /am¹¹ sat⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: am$^4$ sad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sat̚¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-sat
*** Tâi-lô: àm-sat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: armsad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ sat̚³²/

### Verb

暗殺
* to kill discreetly; to assassinate discreetly
    慘遭暗殺／惨遭暗杀 ― cǎnzāo ànshā ― to be unfortunately assassinated
    暗殺事件／暗杀事件 ― ànshā shìjiàn ― assassination incident

#### Synonyms

* 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
* 刺殺／刺杀 (cìshā)
* 暗害 (ànhài)
* 行刺 (xíngcì)

#### Derived terms

* 暗殺者／暗杀者 (ànshāzhě)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 暗 | 殺 |
| あん Grade: 3 | さつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 暗殺 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あんさつ [àńsátsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ã̠ɰ̃sa̠t͡sɨ]
* Homophone: 按察

### Noun

暗(あん)殺(さつ) • (ansatsu)
* assassination
** 1999 May 25, “アサシン”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
    闇(やみ)の中(なか)を音(おと)もたてず相(あい)手(て)に忍(しの)び寄(よ)る、暗(あん)殺(さつ)専(せん)門(もん)の戦(せん)士(し)。
       Yami no naka o oto mo tatezu aite ni shinobiyoru, ansatsu senmon no senshi.
       A warrior specializing in assassination, who silently creeps up on his opponent in the dark.

### Verb

暗(あん)殺(さつ)する • (ansatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 暗(あん)殺(さつ)し (ansatsu shi), past 暗(あん)殺(さつ)した (ansatsu shita))
* to assassinate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 暗殺し | あんさつし | ansatsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 暗殺し | あんさつし | ansatsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 暗殺する | あんさつする | ansatsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 暗殺する | あんさつする | ansatsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 暗殺すれ | あんさつすれ | ansatsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 暗殺せよ¹ 暗殺しろ² | あんさつせよ¹ あんさつしろ² | ansatsu seyo¹ ansatsu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 暗殺される | あんさつされる | ansatsu sareru |
| Causative | 暗殺させる 暗殺さす | あんさつさせる あんさつさす | ansatsu saseru ansatsu sasu |
| Potential | 暗殺できる | あんさつできる | ansatsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 暗殺しよう | あんさつしよう | ansatsu shiyō |
| Negative | 暗殺しない | あんさつしない | ansatsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 暗殺せず | あんさつせず | ansatsu sezu |
| Formal | 暗殺します | あんさつします | ansatsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 暗殺した | あんさつした | ansatsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 暗殺して | あんさつして | ansatsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 暗殺すれば | あんさつすれば | ansatsu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 暗 | 殺 |

### Noun

暗殺 • (amsal) (hangeul 암살)
* hanja form of 암살 (“assassination”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 暗 | 殺 |

### Verb

暗殺
* chữ Hán form of ám sát (“to assassinate”).