斬首 [斩－]

Jyutping zaam2 sau2
Pinyin zhǎn shǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to behead
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    死刑​嘅​一​種​；​行刑​嘅​方法​係​斬斷​受刑者​條頸
    to behead; to decapitate
  2. 近義詞
    斬頭、梟首
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to behead; to decapitate
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢欺君犯上，所以俾人斩首示众。
    佢欺君犯上，所以俾人斬首示眾。
    keoi5 hei1 kwan1 faan6 soeng6, so2 ji5 bei2 jan4 zaam2 sau2 si6 zung3.
    • He enraged the emperor so he is beheaded publicly.
  2. Cantonese
    斩首
    斬首
    zaam2 sau2
    • to behead
  3. Cantonese
    以前嘅刽子手负责斩首之外，亦都会腰斩犯人。
    以前嘅劊子手負責斬首之外，亦都會腰斬犯人。
    ji5 cin4 ge3 kui2 zi2 sau2 fu6 zaak3 zaam2 sau2 zi1 ngoi6, jik6 dou1 wui5 jiu1 zaam2 faan6 jan4.
    • Apart from beheading, executioners were also in charge of cutting prisoners at their waists.
  4. Cantonese
    佢至死不屈，就快俾人斩首𠮶阵仍然坚持唔投降。
    佢至死不屈，就快俾人斬首嗰陣仍然堅持唔投降。
    • He died unyielding, when he was about to be beheaded, he still insisted on not surrendering.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    武装组织“伊斯兰国”在昨日又有最新恶心影像流出，这次他们逼一名男子自掘坟墓，随后将该名男子在自挖的坟墓前斩首。
    武裝組織“伊斯蘭國”在昨日又有最新噁心影像流出，這次他們逼一名男子自掘墳墓，隨後將該名男子在自挖的墳墓前斬首。
    wǔ zhuāng zǔ zhī “ yī sī lán guó ” zài zuó rì yòu yǒu zuì xīn è xīn yǐng xiàng liú chū ， zhè cì tā men bī yī míng nán zǐ zì jué fén mù ， suí hòu jiāng gāi míng nán zǐ zài zì wā de fén mù qián zhǎn shǒu ．
    • Disgusting video was leaked from the militant organization ISIS from yesterday, where they forced a man to dig his own tomb, then beheaded him in front of his own tomb.