宰割

Chinese

		slaughter; butcher; govern slaughter; butcher; govern; rule; official	cut off
trad. (宰割)		宰	割
simp. ^#(宰割)		宰	割

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎigē

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi² got³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chái-koah

(Teochew, Peng'im): zai² guah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎigē
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎige
  - Wade–Giles: tsai³-ko¹
  - Yale: dzǎi-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaege
  - Palladius: цзайгэ (czajgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi² got³
  - Yale: jói got
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi² got⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi² god³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái-koah
  - Tâi-lô: tsái-kuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zay'koaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zai² guah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsái kuah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/

Verb

宰割

to oppress; to exploit; to invade
to butcher; to slaughter and cut up
(literary) to partition; to divide up