懸首

See also: 悬首

Chinese

		hang; suspend	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (懸首)		懸	首
simp. (悬首)		悬	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-shou³
  - Yale: sywán-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanshoou
  - Palladius: сюаньшоу (sjuanʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

懸首

(archaic) to kill someone, then post their head on a pole for all to see

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