甲級戰犯

Chinese

		first-rate; top	war criminal; player of video games which are produced by Paradox Interactive
trad. (甲級戰犯)		甲級	戰犯
simp. (甲级战犯)		甲级	战犯

Etymology

So named because such war criminals are charged against Paragraph (a) of Article 5 of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Charter, which punished crimes against peace and aggression.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎjí zhànfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ kap¹ zin³ faan^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎjí zhànfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎjí jhànfàn
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-chi² chan⁴-fan⁴
  - Yale: jyǎ-jí jàn-fàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeajyi jannfann
  - Palladius: цзяцзи чжаньфань (czjaczi čžanʹfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³ kap¹ zin³ faan^6-2
  - Yale: gaap kāp jin fáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ kap⁷ dzin³ faan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³ keb¹ jin³ fan^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ faːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

甲級戰犯

(historical) one of the 12 German or 28 Japanese war criminals prosecuted for crimes against peace and aggression in the Nuremberg trials or Tokyo trial