絞殺

Chinese

		hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist; to wind	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (絞殺)		絞	殺
simp. (绞杀)		绞	杀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎoshā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² saat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-sat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎosha
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-sha¹
  - Yale: jyǎu-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeausha
  - Palladius: цзяоша (czjaoša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² saat³
  - Yale: gáau saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ saːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-sat
  - Tâi-lô: ká-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafsad
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sat̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sat̚³²/

Verb

絞殺

(literal, figurative) to strangle; to hang; to garrotte
- 歷來中國革命的失敗，都是被帝國主義絞殺的，無數革命的先烈，為此而抱終天之恨。 [MSC, trad.]
  历来中国革命的失败，都是被帝国主义绞杀的，无数革命的先烈，为此而抱终天之恨。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Lìlái Zhōngguó gémìng de shībài, dōu shì bèi dìguózhǔyì jiǎoshā de, wúshù gémìng de xiānliè, wèicǐ ér bào zhōngtiānzhīhèn. [Pinyin]
  Earlier revolutions failed in China because imperialism strangled them, and innumerable revolutionary martyrs died, bitterly lamenting the non-fulfilment of their mission.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絞	殺
こう Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
絞殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

絞(こう)殺(さつ) • (kōsatsu)

strangulation, strangling

Verb

絞(こう)殺(さつ)する • (kōsatsu suru) suru (stem 絞(こう)殺(さつ)し (kōsatsu shi), past 絞(こう)殺(さつ)した (kōsatsu shita))

to strangle
Synonym: 絞め殺す

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“絞殺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026