殺人放火

Chinese

		to kill someone; to murder	to set on fire, specifically to commit arson
trad. (殺人放火)		殺人	放火
simp. (杀人放火)		杀人	放火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shārénfànghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ fong³ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shārénfànghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sharénfànghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên²-fang⁴-huo³
    • Yale: shā-rén-fàng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharenfanqhuoo
    • Palladius: шажэньфанхо (šažɛnʹfanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ fɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ fong³ fo²
    • Yale: saat yàhn fong fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ fong³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ fong³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ fɔːŋ³³ fɔː³⁵/

Verb

殺人放火

1. to commit violent crimes in a habitual manner, especially as gangsters or outlaws

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		殺人放火
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	殺人放火
	Singapore	殺人放火
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	殺人放火
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	殺人放火
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	殺人放火
Cantonese	Hong Kong	殺人放火
	Dongguan	殺人放火
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	㓾人放火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	㓾人放火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	㓾人放火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	㓾人放火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	㓾人放火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	㓾人放火
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣儂放火
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣儂放火
	Quanzhou	刣儂放火
	Zhangzhou	刣儂放火
	Jieyang	刣儂放火
	Haifeng	刣儂放火
	Haikou	刣儂放火
Wu	Jinhua	殺人放火

Dialectal synonyms of 殺人放火 (“to commit murder and arson; to commit heinous crimes”) [map]

Derived terms

• 殺人放火金腰帶，修橋補路無屍骸 / 杀人放火金腰带，修桥补路无尸骸