欲死

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (欲死)		欲	死
simp. #(欲死)		欲	死
alternative forms		要死

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-sí / berh-sí / boeh-sí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-sí
    • Tâi-lô: beh-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behsie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh-sí
    • Tâi-lô: berh-sí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh-sí
    • Tâi-lô: bueh-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boehsie
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³/

Verb

欲死

1. (Hokkien, literally) to be about to die; will die

Derived terms

• 欲死欲死

Adverb

欲死

1. (Hokkien, exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasizing the severity of an action or a state.
2. (Hokkien, rhetorical) Used at the end of a sentence to indicate something as useless.: of what use

Synonyms

• (emphasizing the severity): 要命 (yàomìng), 半死 (bànsǐ); (Min Nan) 半小死, 半囝, 半倒死