謀殺

See also: 谋杀

Chinese

		to plan; seek; scheme	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (謀殺)		謀	殺
simp. (谋杀)		谋	杀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móushā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴ saat³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mèu-sat

(Hailu, HRS): meu sad
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘-sat / biô-sat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móushā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móusha
  - Wade–Giles: mou²-sha¹
  - Yale: móu-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mousha
  - Palladius: моуша (mouša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mau⁴ saat³
  - Yale: màuh saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴ saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴ sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹ saːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu-sat
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu^ˇ sad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu² sad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ sat̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu sad
  - Sinological IPA: /meu⁵⁵ sat⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-sat
  - Tâi-lô: bôo-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bosad
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² sat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² sat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ sat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /bɔ²⁴⁻²¹ sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô-sat
  - Tâi-lô: biô-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioisad
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bio²⁴⁻²² sat̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /bio²⁴⁻²¹ sat̚³²/

Verb

謀殺

to murder

Synonyms

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刑 (xíng) (literary)
剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
屠殺 / 屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
慘殺 / 惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
故意殺人 / 故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
殘殺 / 残杀 (cánshā)
殛斃 / 殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
殺 / 杀
殺人 / 杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
殺害 / 杀害 (shāhài)
殺戮 / 杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
殺死 / 杀死 (shāsǐ)
解決 / 解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
誅殺 / 诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
辦 / 办 (bàn) (euphemism)

Derived terms

榮譽謀殺 / 荣誉谋杀 (róngyù móushā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謀殺):

→ Japanese: 謀殺(ぼうさつ) (bōsatsu)
→ Korean: 모살(謀殺) (mosal)
→ Vietnamese: mưu sát (謀殺)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謀	殺
ぼう Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
謀殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーさつ [bòósátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːsa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

謀(ぼう)殺(さつ) • (bōsatsu)

murder

Verb

謀(ぼう)殺(さつ)する • (bōsatsu suru) suru (stem 謀(ぼう)殺(さつ)し (bōsatsu shi), past 謀(ぼう)殺(さつ)した (bōsatsu shita))

to murder

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
謀	殺

Noun

謀殺 • (mosal) (hangeul 모살)

hanja form^? of 모살 (“murder”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
謀	殺

Verb

謀殺

chữ Hán form of mưu sát (“to conspire to kill; to plot a murder”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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