嚇死

See also: 吓死

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (嚇死)		嚇	死
simp. (吓死)		吓	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: syà-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahsyy
    • Palladius: сясы (sjasy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ sei²
    • Yale: haak séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag^ˋ xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hak̚² si³¹/

Verb

嚇死

1. to scare someone to death; to freak someone out

   我差點暈過去，嚇死我了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我差点晕过去，吓死我了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ chàdiǎn yùn guòqu, xiàsǐ wǒ le. [Pinyin]

   I was so scared that I almost passed out.

   爭啲嚇死我／争啲吓死我 [Cantonese]  ―  zaang¹ di¹ haak³ sei² ngo⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  nearly gave me a heart attack

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ--sí)
• (Wu) 嚇殺／吓杀 (xiàshā)