尋死

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (尋死)		尋	死
simp. (寻死)		寻	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xúnsǐ, xínsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ, ㄒㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cínsiǐ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìm-sí
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhin-shi / ²zin-si₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúnsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-ssŭ³
  - Yale: syún-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunsyy
  - Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xínsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sínsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsin²-ssŭ³
  - Yale: syín-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shynsyy
  - Palladius: синьсы (sinʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: cínsiǐ
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cin² sii³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩ²⁴ sz̩¹¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ sei²
  - Yale: chàhm séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: qim^ˇ xi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qim² xi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhin-shi
  - MiniDict: zhin^去 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²zin-si₃
  - MiniDict: zin^平 si^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zin²² si³³/

Verb

尋死

to commit suicide (or attempt it)
to court death

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 自殺 (“to commit suicide”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 尋短, 尋短見, 自尋短見, 輕生
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	自殺, 尋短兒, 尋拙志
	Taiwan	自殺
	Chifeng	自殺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	自殺
	Harbin	自殺
	Shenyang	自殺
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	自殺
	Tangshan	自殺
	Cangzhou	自殺
	Baoding	自殺
	Shijiazhuang	自殺
	Jinan	自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	自殺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	自殺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	尋死
	Wanrong	尋短見, 尋死
	Zhengzhou	自殺, 自盡
	Xi'an	自殺, 自盡
	Xining	自殺, 尋短見
	Xuzhou	自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	自殺
	Lanzhou	自殺, 自盡
	Ürümqi	自殺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	自殺
	Chongqing	自殺
	Wuhan	自殺, 尋死
	Guiyang	自殺, 尋死
	Guilin	自殺
	Liuzhou	自殺, 尋短見
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	自殺, 自盡, 尋死
	Yangzhou	自殺, 自盡, 尋死
	Nantong	尋死
	Hefei	自殺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	自殺
	Dongguan	自殺
	Nanning	自殺, 自盡
	Wuzhou	自殺
	Yulin	自殺, 自盡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	自殺, 自盡
Gan	Nanchang	自盡
	Lichuan	尋死
	Pingxiang	尋短見
Hakka	Meixian	自盡
	Yudu	自縊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	自殺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	自殺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	自殺, 自盡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	自殺, 自盡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	自殺, 尋死
Huizhou	Jixi	自殺, 尋死
Huizhou	Shexian	自殺
Jin	Taiyuan	自殺, 尋死
	Xinzhou	尋死
	Linhe	自殺
	Jining	自殺
	Hohhot	自殺
	Zhangjiakou	自殺
	Handan	自殺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	討死
Southern Min	Xiamen	行短路, 揣短路
	Quanzhou	行短路, 揣短路
	Zhangzhou	行短路, 揣短路
	Zhao'an	行短路, 自殺, 自盡
	Tainan	行短路
	Penang (Hokkien)	自殺
	Manila (Hokkien)	自殺
	Leizhou	自盡
	Haikou	自盡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	自殺, 自盡
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	尋短見
Wu	Shanghai	自殺, 尋死路, 尋死, 尋短見
	Shanghai (Chongming)	自家尋死
	Suzhou	尋死路, 自殺
	Hangzhou	自盡, 尋死
	Ningbo	尋死
	Wenzhou	自殺
	Jinhua	自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路
Xiang	Changsha	尋短路
	Loudi	尋路, 尋短
	Quanzhou	自殺

(court death): 找死 (zhǎosǐ)

Derived terms

尋死覓活 / 寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)