phanh thây

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === In usage, from Chinese 分屍 / 分尸 (phân thi), but with the substitution of phân (分) with the etymologically unrelated phanh through phono-semantic matching. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fajŋ̟˧˧ tʰəj˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [fɛɲ˧˧ tʰəj˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [fan˧˧ tʰəj˧˧] === Verb === phanh thây to tear a person to pieces Synonym: xé xác ngũ mã phanh thây ― dismemberment with five horses tứ mã phanh thây ― dismemberment with four horses