抵死
Chinese
hold up; on the whole; push against hold up; on the whole; push against; to support; to resist; to reach; to arrive; mortgage |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抵死) | 抵 | 死 | |
| simp. #(抵死) | 抵 | 死 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dǐsǐ [Phonetic: dísǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄙˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǐsǐh
- Wade–Giles: ti3-ssŭ3
- Yale: dǐ-sž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diisyy
- Palladius: дисы (disy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dai2 sei2
- Yale: dái séi
- Cantonese Pinyin: dai2 sei2
- Guangdong Romanization: dei2 séi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐi̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ai2 lhei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai⁵⁵ ɬei⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
抵死
- to go all out at the risk of one's life; to risk one's life; to disregard one's life to
- (obsolete) to commit a capital offence; to be sentenced to death
- (Cantonese) to deserve death; to be damned
- (Cantonese) to serve someone right; to deserve (punishment or an adverse outcome)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活該 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活該, 死好 |
| Harbin | 活該 | |
| Singapore | 活該 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 活該 |
| Xi'an | 活該 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 抵死 |
| Hong Kong | 抵死 | |
| Taishan | 抵死 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 該然, 該死, 死好 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活該 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 該死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 合該, 合該然 |
| Taichung | 應該 GT, 死好 GT, 三好加一好 GT | |
| Jieyang | 堪該, 堪該死 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 該死 |
Adverb
抵死
- persistently; till death; with one's life threatened
- (obsolete) pressingly
- (obsolete) after all; eventually
- (obsolete) frequently; always
- (obsolete) exceptionally; unusually; especially
Derived terms
- 抵死不從 / 抵死不从
- 抵死漫生
- 抵死瞞生 / 抵死瞒生
- 抵死謾生 / 抵死谩生