殺人滅口

Chinese

		to kill someone; to murder	to silence or do away with a witness or accomplice
trad. (殺人滅口)		殺人	滅口
simp. (杀人灭口)		杀人	灭口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shārénmièkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ mit⁶ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shārénmièkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sharénmièkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên²-mieh⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: shā-rén-myè-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharenmiehkoou
    • Palladius: шажэньмекоу (šažɛnʹmekou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ mit⁶ hau²
    • Yale: saat yàhn miht háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ mit⁹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ mid⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ miːt̚² hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

殺人滅口

1. to kill someone to silence them