賜死

賜死

Chinese

		confer; bestow; grant	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (賜死)		賜	死
simp. (赐死)		赐	死
Literally: “to bestow death”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìsǐ, sìsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄙˇ, ㄙˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: cìsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄙˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhsyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: sìsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄙˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhsyy
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ sei²
    • Yale: chi séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ séi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

賜死

1. (chiefly historical, of the emperor or an official) to order someone to commit suicide