敢死

Chinese

		dare	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (敢死)		敢	死
simp. #(敢死)		敢	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² sei²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): káⁿ-sí / kám-sír / kám-sú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gan² si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnsǐ [Phonetic: gánsǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: gǎn-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaansyy
    • Palladius: ганьсы (ganʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² sei²
    • Yale: gám séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-sí
    • Tâi-lô: kánn-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvafsie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-sír
    • Tâi-lô: kám-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-sú
    • Tâi-lô: kám-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmsuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gan² si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káⁿ sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kã⁵²⁻³⁵ si⁵²⁻²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kamX sijX

Rime
Character	敢	死
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古覽切	息姊切
Baxter	kamX	sijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑmX/	/sˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑmX/	/sᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑmX/	/siɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kamX/	/sjiX/
Li Rong	/kɑmX/	/sjiX/
Wang Li	/kɑmX/	/siX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑmX/	/siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	sǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	si2

Adjective

敢死

1. (Southern Min, derogatory) bold and reckless; daredevil

Verb

敢死

1. (literary or Southern Min) to not fear death

Derived terms

• 敢死隊 / 敢死队 (gǎnsǐduì)