Chinese Word Entry

背影殺手

Simplified Chinese form: 背影杀手

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): bèi yǐng shā shǒu
Definitions:
  1. (slang) (usu of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind

  2. sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face

  3. abbr to 背殺〔背杀〕[bei4 sha1]


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Chinese characters used in this word

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel, back side, betray
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄟˋ (bèi), ㄅㄟ (bēi)
Cantonese: bui3
Japanese: ハイ (hai) / せ (se)、 せい (sei)、 そむ.く (somuku)、 そむ.ける (somukeru)
Korean: 배 (bae), 패 (pae)
Vietnamese: bối, bội
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shadow, silhouette, phantom, image, reflection, photograph
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄥˇ (yǐng)
Cantonese: jing2
Japanese: エイ (ei)、 ヨウ (you) / かげ (kage)
Korean: 영 (yeong)
Vietnamese: ảnh

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil, slaughter, hurt, to pare off, clip
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄚ (shā), ㄕㄞˋ (shài), ㄙㄚˋ (sà), ㄒㄧㄝˋ (xiè), ㄕˋ (shì)
Cantonese: saat3
Japanese: サツ (satsu)、 サイ (sai)、 セツ (setsu) / ころ.す (korosu)、 -ごろ.し (-goroshi)、 そ.ぐ (sogu)、 あや.める (ayameru)、 けずる (kezuru)
Korean: 살 (sal), 쇠 (soe), 쇄 (swae)
Vietnamese: sát, sái, tát
Variants
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Semantic variant form:

hand
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄡˇ (shǒu)
Cantonese: sau2
Japanese: シュ (shu)、 ズ (zu) / て (te)、 て- (te-)、 -て (-te)、 た- (ta-)、 てずから (tezukara)
Korean: 수 (su)
Vietnamese: thủ
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