死灰

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	grey; ash
trad. (死灰)		死	灰
simp. #(死灰)		死	灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuei
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hui¹
    • Yale: sž-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhuei
    • Palladius: сыхуэй (syxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² fui¹
    • Yale: séi fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

死灰

1. dead embers (left after a fire)
2. (figurative) passion which has died
3. (colloquial) nuclear fallout

Adjective

死灰

1. ashen (ash-coloured)
2. (figurative) downcast

Derived terms

• 寂若死灰
• 心如死灰
• 心若死灰
• 朽木死灰
• 枯木死灰
• 槁木死灰
• 死灰復然／死灰复然
• 死灰復燃／死灰复燃 (sǐhuīfùrán)
• 死灰復燎／死灰复燎
• 死灰槁木
• 色如死灰
• 色若死灰
• 面如死灰
• 面若死灰