tàn sát
Pronunciation
Northern
/ta̤ːn˨˩ saːt˧˥/
Central
/taːŋ˧˧ ʂa̰ːk˩˧/
Southern
/taːŋ˨˩ ʂaːk˧˥/
Listen
to massacre
Verb
to massacre
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to massacre Core Actions & Operation
Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
To kill a large number of people or animals in a violent and cruel way.
vi Chiến tranh đã tàn sát nhiều sinh linh vô tội.
en War has massacred many innocent lives.
Parts
tàn / sát / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘殺 …
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Parts
tàn / sát / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘殺 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘殺
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
殘殺
Candidates by syllable
tàn
殘（傘 / 𦅮）
sát
察（殺）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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slaughter
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tàn phế / tàn bạo / tàn tật / tàn tích …
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Use
tàn phế / tàn bạo / tàn tật / tàn tích …