死子

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (死子)		死	子
simp. #(死子)		死	子

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si³ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chí / sí-jí / sí-lí / sí-bí

---

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: si³ zi³ [Phonetic: si⁵ li³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)li⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: si³ zi³ [Phonetic: si⁵ li³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)li³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chí
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sycie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-jí
    • Tâi-lô: sí-jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syjie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sí-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sylie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-bí
    • Tâi-lô: sí-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'bie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

死子

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) playing piece that cannot be saved or is useless (in playing chess)

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), “死子”, 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 479.