驚死
See also: 惊死
Chinese
to fear | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
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trad. (驚死) | 驚 | 死 | |
simp. (惊死) | 惊 | 死 | |
Literally: “to fear death”. |
Pronunciation 1
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
驚死
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) to fear death
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) 驚死
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: kiasi
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ--sí
- Tâi-lô: kiann--sí
- (Hokkien)
Verb
驚死
- (Southern Min) to scare someone to death