驚死

See also: 惊死

Chinese

		to fear	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (驚死)		驚	死
simp. (惊死)		惊	死
Literally: “to fear death”.

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng¹ sei²
• Northern Min (KCR): giáng-sǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): giăng-*sī
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gia¹ si³ / giann¹ si³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiaⁿ-sí

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng¹ sei²
    • Yale: gēng séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giáng-sǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ⁵⁴ si²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giăng-*sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ si³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gia¹ si³ [Phonetic: gia⁵ si³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: giaⁿ-sî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia⁵³³⁻¹¹ ɬi⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: giann¹ si³ [Phonetic: giann⁵ si³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ɬi³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviasie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã³³ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/

Verb

驚⫽死 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Min, literally) to fear death
2. (Cantonese, emphatic) to fear; to be afraid of (potential consequences)

Synonyms

• (to fear death): 怕死 (pàsǐ)
• (to fear):

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• 嚇 / 吓
• 害怕 (hàipà)
• 忌 (jì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怕
• 怕懼 / 怕惧 (pàjù) (literary)
• 恐懼 / 恐惧 (kǒngjù)
• 懼怕 / 惧怕 (jùpà)
• 深怕 (shēnpà)
• 生怕 (shēngpà)
• 生畏 (shēngwèi) (literary)
• 畏怯 (wèiqiè)
• 畏懼 / 畏惧 (wèijù)
• 驚 / 惊 (dialectal)

Adjective

驚死

1. (Cantonese, Min) afraid; scared; timid; cowardly

   你做咩咁驚死？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你做咩咁惊死？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ gam³ geng¹ sei²? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so scared?

Descendants

• → English: kiasi

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiaⁿ--sí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ--sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann--sí

Verb

驚死

1. (Southern Min) to scare someone to death

   你真正予我驚死。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你真正予我惊死。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí chin-chiàⁿ hō͘ góa kiaⁿ--sí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You really scared me to death.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin, Cantonese) 嚇死／吓死 (xiàsǐ)
• (Wu) 嚇殺／吓杀 (xiàshā)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “惊死”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.