刺客

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	customer; visitor; guest
simp. and trad. (刺客)		刺	客

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìkè

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ haak³, cik³ haak³
Min Nan (POJ): chhì-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cìkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhkeh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ haak³, cik³ haak³
  - Yale: chi haak, chik haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ haak⁸, tsik⁸ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ hag³, qig³ hag³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ häːk̚³/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³ häːk̚³/

Note: cik3 haak3 - rare.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-khek
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'qeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

刺客

Synonyms

(assassin): 暗殺者／暗杀者 (ànshāzhě)
(rose): 玫瑰 (méigui)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (刺客):

→ Japanese: 刺 (し)客 (かく) (shikaku)
→ Korean: 자객 (刺客, jagaek)
→ Vietnamese: thích khách (刺客)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刺	客
し Grade: S	きゃく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
刺	客
せき > せっ Grade: S	かく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
刺	客
し Grade: S	かく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) しかく [shìkákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Homophones: 死角, 始覚, 視角, 視覚, 詞客, 詩客, 詩格, 資格

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せっかく [sèkkákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [se̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Homophones: 石核, 石槨, 接角, 雪客, 折角

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) しきゃく [shìkyákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɕi̥kʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Homophone: 支脚

Noun

刺客 (hiragana しかく, rōmaji shikaku)
(alternative reading hiragana せっかく, romaji sekkaku, historical hiragana せきかく)
(alternative reading hiragana しきゃく, romaji shikyaku)

Synonym of 暗殺者 (ansatsusha, “assassin”)
Synonym of 殺し屋 (koroshiya, “hitman”)
- 2003 August 12, CLAMP, “Chapitreシャピトル.2 記き憶おくの対たい価か [Chapitre.2 The Cost of Memory]”, in ツバサＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 68:
  
  は——はははっ！弱 (よえ)ぇ！弱 (よえ)ぇ！てめぇら！仮 (かり)にも刺 (し)客 (かく)だろ⁉
  Ha——hahaha'! Yoē! Yoē! Temēra! Kari ni mo shikaku daro⁉
  Ha——Hahahah! Too weak! Too weak! And you call yourselves hit men⁉

Korean

Hanja in this term
刺	客

Noun

刺客 • (jagaek) (hangeul 자객)

Hanja form^? of 자객.

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