guì​zi​shǒu

executioner

  • created reference approved 刽子手/劊子手 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刽子手 / 劊子手 guì​zi​shǒu

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 刽子手/劊子手 · guì​zi​shǒu · executioner — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刽子手 / 劊子手

    guì​zi​shǒu

    executioner

    (historical) a person whose profession was to carry out the death penalty, especially by beheading; headsman

    kuài​zi​shǒu

    刽 (literal) → 刽/劊 · guì · to cut off 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · agent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 刽子手/劊子手 · guì​zi​shǒu · butcher — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刽子手 / 劊子手

    guì​zi​shǒu

    butcher

    a person who carries out a massacre or acts with extreme cruelty; slaughterer; murderer

    kuài​zi​shǒu

    刽 (literal) → 刽/劊 · guì · to cut off 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · agent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense