死好

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	good; well; be fond of
trad. (死好)		死	好
simp. #(死好)		死	好
alternative forms		夕賀／夕贺 Mandarin 夕厚 Mandarin 夕鶴／夕鹤 Mandarin
anagram		好死
Literally: “(Your) death (is) good.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhǎo [Phonetic: síhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hao³
    • Yale: sž-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhao
    • Palladius: сыхао (syxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí hó
    • Tâi-lô: sí hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹ hɤ⁴¹/

Verb

死好

1. (Taiwan, chiefly Hokkien, derogatory) to deserve it.

Interjection

死好

1. (Taiwan, chiefly Hokkien, derogatory) You deserve it.

Alternative forms

• 三好加一好 (sān hǎo jiā yī hǎo) (euphemism)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		活該
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	活該, 死好
	Harbin	活該
	Singapore	活該
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	活該
	Xi'an	活該
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抵死
	Hong Kong	抵死
	Taishan	抵死
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	該然, 該死, 死好
Jin	Taiyuan	活該
Northern Min	Jian'ou	該死
Southern Min	Xiamen	合該, 合該然
	Taichung	應該, 死好, 三好加一好
Wu	Ningbo	該死