死活

死活

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (死活)		死	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wut⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-oa̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwo
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² wut⁶
    • Yale: séi wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² wud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ wuːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syoah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

Noun

死活

1. life or death; fate

Adverb

死活

1. (used in negative sentences) simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	活
し Grade: 3	かつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

死活 (hiragana しかつ, rōmaji shikatsu)

1. life-or-death
2. (go) Life and death