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肢解

肢解

Chinese

		limb	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
simp. and trad. (肢解)		肢	解
alt. forms		支解枝解

Noun

肢解

dismemberment

Verb

肢解

to dismember
(figuratively) to break into parts

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhījiě

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄐㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gaai²
Min Nan (POJ): chi-kái / ki-kái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhījiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjiee
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    支解
    肢解
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ gaai²
  - Yale: jī gáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gaai²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kɑːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-kái
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ci'kae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi³³ kaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kái
  - Tâi-lô: ki-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ kaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁵³/