死棋

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy
trad. (死棋)		死	棋
simp. #(死棋)		死	棋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcí
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻi²
    • Yale: sž-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychyi
    • Palladius: сыци (syci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² kei⁴
    • Yale: séi kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kî
    • Tâi-lô: sí-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³/

Noun

死棋

1. dead piece in a game of chess
2. hopeless case; stupid move