死人

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Chinese[edit]

to die; dead; death man; person; people
trad. (死人)
simp. #(死人)
alternative forms 死儂死侬 Min

Pronunciation 1[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (38)
Final () (17) (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sijX nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sˠiɪX/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/sᵚiX/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/siɪX/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sjiX/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/sjiX/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/siX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si2 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ sijX › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*sijʔ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English die (v.) (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12006 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljiʔ/ /*njin/

Noun[edit]

死人

  1. dead person (Classifier: )
    死人這不警察 [MSC, trad.]
    死人这不警察 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiē shàng tǎng zhe ge sǐrén, zhè bù jǐngchá gāng dào. [Pinyin]
    A dead person is lying on the road, and the police has just arrived.
  2. corpse (Classifier: )
  3. (colloquial, slightly vulgar, often humorous) unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch (Classifier: )
    這個死人哪裡手機 [MSC, trad.]
    这个死人哪里手机 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhège sǐrén sǐ dào nǎlǐ qù le, dǎ shǒujī yě bù jiē. [Pinyin]
    Where the hell have you been? Why are you not answering my calls? (said by wife)
Synonyms[edit]
  • (dead person):
  • (corpse):
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Sino-Xenic (死人):
  • Japanese: ()(にん) (shinin)

Verb[edit]

死⫽人 (verb-object)

  1. (impersonal) a person dies
    工廠死人工厂死人  ―  Gōngchǎng lǐ yòu sǐrén la.  ―  Another person has died in the factory.
  2. (usually in exaggerations) to make people die; to be dangerous
    這樣死人这样死人  ―  Zhèyàng zuò huì sǐrén de.  ―  Someone might die if you do it this way.
    東西不會死人什麼 [MSC, trad.]
    东西不会死人什么 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè dōngxi chī le yòu bùhuì sǐrén, pà shénme. [Pinyin]
    What are you afraid of? Eating this stuff won't kill you.
Synonyms[edit]
  • (to die):
Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

死人

  1. (Cantonese, vulgar) damn; wretched; stupid; goddamn
    死人原子筆 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    死人原子笔 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    go2 zi1 sei2 jan4 jyun4 zi2 bat1 sei2 zo2 heoi3 bin1 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Where's that goddamn pen?
  2. (Cantonese) awful
Synonyms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

死人

  1. (analysable as (, “intensifying adverb”) + (rén, “person”)) to death; to be ... enough to make people die, an intensifying suffix; an augmented form of "adj. + 人" phrases (usually expressing frustration, discomfort, surprise) (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
    小孩死人 [MSC, trad.]
    小孩死人 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè bāng xiǎohái zhēn néng qì sǐ rén. [Pinyin]
    This group of kids is truly a headache.
    兒子整天琢磨怎麼女朋友心思根本學習死人 [MSC, trad.]
    儿子整天琢磨怎么女朋友心思根本学习死人 [MSC, simp.]
    Érzǐ zhěngtiān zhuómó zěnme zhuī dào nǚpéngyǒu, xīnsī gēnběn bù zài xuéxí shàng, zhēn chóu sǐ rén le. [Pinyin]
    My son is thinking about ways to pursue a girlfriend all day; his mind is just not on studying at all. It's worrying me to death.
    死人死人 [Cantonese]  ―  wan2 sei2 jan4 [Jyutping]  ―  a huge pain in the ass to find
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien) very; rather; quite
Synonyms[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]


Adverb[edit]

死人

  1. (Gan) very; really; badly (placed after the adjective)
Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 死人 (MC sijX nyin, literally “die, death + person”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(にん) (shinin

  1. a dead person, the dead
    (2003) Hellsing vol. 6, chapter 40 最終的な想像 5 (Final Fantasy 5), page 59:
    死人(しにん)(しゃべ)るな!
    Shinin ga shaberu na!
    The dead don't speak!
Synonyms[edit]
Idioms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Compound of (shi, death, dead) +‎ (hito, person).[3][1] The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(びと) (shibito

  1. (rare) a dead person, the dead
Usage notes[edit]

The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese when this term is used in isolation. The shibito reading is common in certain derived compounds.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
し(に)
Grade: 3
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 死に (shini, dying, death) +‎ (hito, person).[3][1] The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(しに)(びと) (shinibito

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a dead person, the dead
Usage notes[edit]

The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

死人 (sain) (hangeul 사인)

  1. Hanja form? of 사인 (a dead person, the dead).