效死

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (效死)		效	死
simp. ^#(效死)		效	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàosǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ sei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-sí / hāu-sír / hāu-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàosǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàosǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ssŭ³
  - Yale: syàu-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawsyy
  - Palladius: сяосы (sjaosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    效死
    笑死
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ sei²
  - Yale: haauh séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² sei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sí
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sír
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sú
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ su⁵³/

Verb

效死

to be ready to give or relinquish one's life for a cause; to devote one's life to

Synonyms

出死 (chūsǐ) (literary)
盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary)