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

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/

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	/sˠiɪ^X/	/d͡zuʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sᵚi^X/	/d͡zuoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/siɪ^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sji^X/	/d͡zwəj^X/
Li Rong	/sji^X/	/d͡zuᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/si^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si^X/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i^X/
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	‹ sij^X ›	‹ dzwoj^X ›
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

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

(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)

Synonyms

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