死穴

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	acupoint
trad. (死穴)		死	穴
simp. #(死穴)		死	穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐxué, sǐxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsyué
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsüeh²
    • Yale: sž-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshyue
    • Palladius: сысюэ (sysjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: sž-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshiueh
    • Palladius: сысюэ (sysjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² jyut⁶
    • Yale: séi yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Noun

死穴

1. fatal acupoint; by extension weak spot (which can cause death when struck); fatal weakness; Achilles heel