砍頭 [－头]

Jyutping ham2 tau4
Pinyin kǎn tóu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to decapitate; to behead
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to behead; to decapitate
    (syn.) 摧頭, 斬首, 㓾頭, 得頭, 斬頭, 剁頭, 砍得腦, 刣頭, 斫腦殼, 砍頭, 鏨頭, 砍腦殼, 殺頭, 殺腦殼
    • 砍頭示眾
      砍头示众
      kǎn tóu shì zhòng
      to subject to a public beheading
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    砍头不要紧，只要主义真。杀了夏明翰，还有后来人。
    砍頭不要緊，只要主義真。殺了夏明翰，還有後來人。
    kǎn tóu bù yào jǐn ， zhǐ yào zhǔ yì zhēn ． shā le xià míng hàn ， hái yǒu hòu lái rén ．
    • Beheading does not matter; so long as I stay true to my principle / ideology. Already killed Xia Minghan shall be; others will later come still.
  2. Mandarin
    砍头示众
    砍頭示眾
    kǎn tóu shì zhòng
    • to subject to a public beheading