死罪

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (死罪)		死	罪
simp. #(死罪)		死	罪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² zeoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sí-chhui

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xi³ cui⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): sǐ-cò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chǒe / sí-chōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si² zuê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-tsui⁴
    • Yale: sž-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syytzuey
    • Palladius: сыцзуй (syczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² zeoi⁶
    • Yale: séi jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-chhui
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˋ cui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ cui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi³ cui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ t͡sʰuɪ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǐ-cò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹ t͡so⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chǒe
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsuě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sue²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chōe
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syzoe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si² zuê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí tsuĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sue³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sijX dzwojX

Rime
Character	死	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息姊切	徂賄切
Baxter	sijX	dzwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sˠiɪX/	/d͡zuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/sᵚiX/	/d͡zuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/siɪX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sjiX/	/d͡zwəjX/
Li Rong	/sjiX/	/d͡zuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/siX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/siX/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǐ	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	zeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sijʔ  [dz]ˤujʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljiʔ  zuːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	死	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sǐ	zuì
Middle Chinese	‹ sijX ›	‹ dzwojX ›
Old Chinese	/*sijʔ/	/*[dz]ˁujʔ/
English	die (v.)	crime, offense
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	死	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12006	17981
Phonetic component	死	罪
Rime group	脂	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	死	辠
Old Chinese	/*hljiʔ/	/*zuːlʔ/
Notes		同辠

Noun

死罪

1. capital crime; capital offense

   • 有死罪三，何以堪之？不速死，大刑將至。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有死罪三，何以堪之？不速死，大刑将至。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǒu sǐzuì sān, héyǐ kān zhī? Bù sù sǐ, dàxíng jiāng zhì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Interjection

死罪

1. (archaic) may I die for committing such a grievous offense; forgive me for such a serious error

   • 臣誠愚，觸忌諱，死罪死罪！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣诚愚，触忌讳，死罪死罪！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chén chéng yú, chù jìhuì, sǐzuì sǐzuì! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	罪
し Grade: 3	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiza̠i]

Noun

死(し)罪(ざい) • (shizai) 

1. capital crime
2. capital punishment

Synonyms

• (capital punishment): 死刑(しけい) (shikei)