驚死

驚死

See also: 惊死

Chinese

		to fear	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (驚死)		驚	死
simp. (惊死)		惊	死
Literally: “to fear death”.

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng¹ sei²
• Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ-sí

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng¹ sei²
    • Yale: gēng séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng¹ séi²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviasie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã³³ ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴¹/

Verb

驚死

1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) to fear death

Adjective

驚死

1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) afraid; scared; cowardly

   你做咩咁驚死？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你做咩咁惊死？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ gam³ geng¹ sei²? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so scared?

Synonyms

• 怕死

Descendants

• → English: kiasi

Pronunciation 2

• Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ--sí

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ--sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann--sí

Verb

驚死

1. (Min Nan) to scare someone to death

   我真正予你驚死。 [Min Nan, trad.]
   我真正予你惊死。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   Góa chin-chiàⁿ hō͘ lí kiaⁿ--sí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You really scared me to death.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin, Cantonese) 嚇死／吓死 (xiàsǐ)