殺人滅口

Chinese

		to kill someone; to murder	to silence or do away with a witness or accomplice
trad. (殺人滅口)		殺人	滅口
simp. (杀人灭口)		杀人	灭口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shārénmièkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ mit⁶ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shārénmièkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sharénmièkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên²-mieh⁴-kʻou³
  - Yale: shā-rén-myè-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharenmiehkoou
  - Palladius: шажэньмекоу (šažɛnʹmekou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ mit⁶ hau²
  - Yale: saat yàhn miht háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ mit⁹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ mid⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ miːt̚² hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

殺人滅口

to kill someone to silence them

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