斷頭

See also: 断头 and 断頭

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (斷頭)		斷	頭
simp. (断头)		断	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duàntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duàntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duàntóu
  - Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dwàn-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanntour
  - Palladius: дуаньтоу (duanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: dyuhn tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxtaau
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Verb

斷⫽頭 (verb-object)

to be beheaded; to be decapitated
to behead; to decapitate
- 我們將老鼠斷頭，取下含杏仁核之腦片，經過染色後，mount在組織流體室中，再以藥物處理並取得處理過程的鈣離子影像。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  我们将老鼠断头，取下含杏仁核之脑片，经过染色后，mount在组织流体室中，再以药物处理并取得处理过程的钙离子影像。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2006, 李瑞娟, 劉鎮國, and 黃順顯, 運動訓練對憂鬱症老鼠影響之生理機轉評估, in 政大體育研究, issue 18, page 96
  Wǒmen jiāng lǎoshǔ duàntóu, qǔ xià hán xìngrénhé zhī nǎo piàn, jīngguò rǎnsè hòu, mount zài zǔzhī liútǐshì zhōng, zài yǐ yàowù chǔlǐ bìng qǔdé chùlǐ guòchéng de gài lízǐ yǐngxiàng. [Pinyin]
  We have decapitated the mouse and taken out a section of the brain containing the amygdala. After dying it, we mounted it on a tissue flow chamber. We then treated it with medication and obtained calcium imaging of the treatment process.
- 於末次給藥後1h，將動物斷頭處死。 [MSC, trad.]
  于末次给药后1h，将动物断头处死。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2011, 巴戟天提取物改善或治疗性功能障碍的作用及其应用 (Effect of morinda officinalis extract on improving or treating sexual disorder, and application thereof)
  Yú mòcì gěi yào hòu 1 h, jiāng dòngwù duàntóu chǔsǐ. [Pinyin]
  One hour after giving it the medicine for the last time, decapitate and kill the animal.
- 她稚氣可愛的四歲孩子小燈泡跟在身邊騎腳踏車，無緣無故被斷頭殺害。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  她稚气可爱的四岁孩子小灯泡跟在身边骑脚踏车，无缘无故被断头杀害。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2016, 毛樂祈, 酸民的進擊, in 《校園雜誌雙月刊》, September/October issue, page 53
  Tā zhìqì kě'ài de sì suì háizǐ Xiǎo Dēngpào gēn zài shēnbiān qí jiǎotàchē, wúyuánwúgù bèi duàntóu shāhài. [Pinyin]
  Her innocent and cute four-year-old Little Light Bulb was riding her bike beside her, when she was suddenly decapitated and killed.