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sát thủ

Pronunciation Northern /saːt˧˥ tʰṵ˧˩˧/ Central /ʂa̰ːk˩˧ tʰu˧˩˨/ Southern /ʂaːk˧˥ tʰu˨˩˦/
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assassin
Noun
assassin

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
assassin Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme Work & MoneyTheme

A person who murders a prominent figure, often for political reasons or in exchange for a specific payment.

vi Tên sát thủ đã bị bắt ngay sau vụ án.

en The assassin was caught immediately after the crime.

Parts
sát / thủ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殺手 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 殺手

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
殺手
Candidates by syllable
sát 察(殺) thủ 首
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
thích khách / assassin
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Use
cá voi sát thủ / cảnh sát / quan sát / mưu sát …
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