扼死

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (扼死)		扼	死
simp. #(扼死)		扼	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: è-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehsyy
    • Palladius: эсы (esy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹ sei²
    • Yale: āk séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

扼死

1. to choke to death; to strangle; to throttle

Synonyms

• 扼殺／扼杀 (èshā)
• 掐死 (qiāsǐ)