出死

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (出死)		出	死
simp. #(出死)		出	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄙˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-ssŭ³
    • Yale: chū-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chusyy
    • Palladius: чусы (čusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud` xi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² si³¹/

Verb

出死

1. (literary) to be ready to lay down one's life for a cause

   • 莊王怪而問曰：「寡人德薄，又未嘗異子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庄王怪而问曰：「寡人德薄，又未尝异子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

     Zhuāngwáng guài ér wèn yuē: “Guǎrén débó, yòu wèicháng yì zǐ, zǐ hégù chūsǐ bù yí rúshì?” [Pinyin]

     King Zhuang thought it strange, and asked him, "I am not a particularly virtuous person, nor have I granted you any special favors. Why would you fight like this, as if your life depended on it?"

Synonyms

• 效死 (xiàosǐ)
• 盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary)