死結

See also: 死结

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (死結)		死	結
simp. (死结)		死	结

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐjié

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² git³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sí-kat / sí-kiat

(Teochew, Peng'im): si² gag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi-ciq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjié
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chieh²
  - Yale: sž-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjye
  - Palladius: сыцзе (sycze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐjiér
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjiér
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chieh²-ʼrh
  - Yale: sž-jyér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjye'l
  - Palladius: сыцзер (syczer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² git³
  - Yale: séi git
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² git⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² gid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kat
  - Tâi-lô: sí-kat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kad
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kiat
  - Tâi-lô: sí-kiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kiad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛt̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si² gag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí kak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵²⁻³⁵ kak̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shi-ciq
  - MiniDict: shi^去 cih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi-jiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

死結

encased knot; fast knot
(figurative) an issue that defies solution; impasse; intractable problem

Synonyms

(encased knot):

Dialectal synonyms of 死結 (“encased knot; fast knot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		死結, 死扣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Taiwan	死結
	Chengde	死扣兒
	Chifeng	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	死扣兒, 死結
	Heihe	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Qiqihar	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Harbin	死扣兒, 死結子, 死疙瘩
	Jiamusi	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Baicheng	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Changchun	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Tonghua	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Shenyang	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Jinzhou	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	死扣兒
	Tangshan	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Cangzhou	死扣兒
	Baoding	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Shijiazhuang	死扣兒
	Lijin	死扣兒
	Jinan	死扣兒 small, 死䙡兒 big
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	死扣兒
	Dandong	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Yantai	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Yantai (Muping)	死扣兒
	Qingdao	死扣兒
	Zhucheng	死扣兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	死䙡兒, 死疙瘩兒
	Lingbao	死疙瘩
	Jining	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Wanrong	死疙瘩
	Linfen	死疙瘩
	Shangqiu	死疙瘩
	Yuanyang	死扣兒
	Zhengzhou	死疙瘩, 死䙡兒
	Xinyang	死疙瘩
	Baihe	死疙瘩
	Xi'an	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Baoji	死疙瘩
	Tianshui	死扣, 死疙瘩
	Xining	死䙡, 死疙瘩
	Xuzhou	死扣兒
	Fuyang	死䙡兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	死扣兒, 死疙瘩, 死䙡子
	Lanzhou	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Dunhuang	死扣子
	Hami	死䙡子, 死疙瘩
	Ürümqi	死疙瘩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	死疙瘩, 死疙瘩兒
	Nanchong	死疙瘩
	Dazhou	死疙瘩
	Hanyuan	死疙瘩
	Xichang	死疙瘩
	Zigong	死疙瘩
	Chongqing	死疙瘩兒
	Wuhan	死疙瘩
	Yichang	死疙瘩
	Xiangyang	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Tianmen	死扣子, 死結巴
	Guiyang	死疙瘩
	Zunyi	死疙瘩
	Bijie	死疙瘩
	Liping	死疙瘩
	Zhaotong	死疙瘩
	Dali	死疙瘩
	Kunming	死扣, 死疙瘩
	Mengzi	死疙瘩
	Guilin	死疙瘩
	Liuzhou	死結, 死疙瘩
	Jishou	死疙瘩
	Changde	死結巴
	Hanzhong	死疙瘩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	死結兒, 死疙瘩
	Yangzhou	死結
	Lianyungang	死扣子, 死疙瘩
	Lianshui	死扣子
	Nantong	死扣兒, 死結
	Anqing	死結
	Wuhu	死疙瘩
	Hefei	死疙瘩
	Hong'an	死疙瘩, 死結巴, 死結
Cantonese	Guangzhou	死纈
	Hong Kong	死纈
	Taishan	死卡
	Dongguan	死纈
Gan	Lichuan	死縷
Hakka	Meixian	死結
Hakka	Yudu	死結頭
Huizhou	Jixi	死瘩結
Huizhou	Shexian	死結
Jin	Taiyuan	死疙瘩
	Yangyuan	死疙瘩
	Datong	死疙瘩
	Xinzhou	死疙瘩
	Lüliang (Lishi)	死疙瘩
	Changzhi	死䙡子, 死疙瘩
	Linhe	死扣, 死結子, 死疙瘩
	Jining	死疙瘩
	Hohhot	死扣, 死疙瘩
	Erenhot	死扣子, 死疙瘩
	Pingshan	死扣兒, 實疙瘩
	Zhangjiakou	死扣兒, 死疙瘩
	Handan	死疙瘩, 死䙡兒
	Linzhou	死䙡兒
	Suide	死疙瘩
Southern Min	Xiamen	死結
	Quanzhou	死結
	Zhangzhou	死結
	Tainan	死結
	Shantou	死結
Wu	Shanghai	死結
	Shanghai (Chongming)	死結
	Suzhou	死結
	Danyang	死結
	Hangzhou	死結頭
	Ningbo	死結
Xiang	Changsha	死夾它