害死

害死

Chinese

		to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (害死)		害	死
simp. #(害死)		害	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàisǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶ sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hoi-sí
• Min Nan (POJ): hāi-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hàisǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ ㄙˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haysyy
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶ sei²
    • Yale: hoih séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶ séi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯²² sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hoi-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi xi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi⁴ xi³
    • IPA: /hoi̯⁵⁵ ɕi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi-sí
    • Tâi-lô: hāi-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haixsie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕi⁴¹/

Verb

害死

1. to harm (a person) to death, by various means, deliberate or ignorant, direct or indirect; to harass someone to death

Usage notes

Can be used non-literally for exaggeration:

你可害死我了，讓我坐公交不坐地鐵。 [MSC, trad.]
你可害死我了，让我坐公交不坐地铁。 [MSC, simp.]

Nǐ kě hàisǐ wǒ le, ràng wǒ zuò gōngjiāo bù zuò dìtiě. [Pinyin]

You sent me to hell, telling me to take the bus instead of the subway.

See also

• 死 (sǐ)
• 死人 (sǐrén)