死結

死結

See also: 死结

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (死結)		死	結
simp. (死结)		死	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² git³
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-kat / sí-kiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐjiér
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjyel
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjiér
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² git³
    • Yale: séi git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kat
    • Tâi-lô: sí-kat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kiat
    • Tâi-lô: sí-kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛt̚³²/

Noun

死結

1. encased knot; fast knot
2. (figuratively) an issue that defies solution; impasse; intractable problem