死語

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (死語)		死	語
simp. (死语)		死	语

Etymology

Calque of English dead language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐyǔ [Phonetic: síyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-yü³
    • Yale: sž-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyyeu
    • Palladius: сыюй (syjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² jyu⁵
    • Yale: séi yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

死語

1. (linguistics) dead language

Synonyms

• 滅絕語言／灭绝语言 (mièjué yǔyán)
• 死語言／死语言 (sǐyǔyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	語
し Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

From 死 (shi, “death, dead”) +‎ 語 (go, “language”).

The first sense is a calque of English dead language.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しご [shíꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

死(し)語(ご) • (shigo) 

1. (linguistics) a dead language (language that no longer has native speakers)
2. (lexicography) an obsolete word, paleologism

   Synonym: 廃語 (haigo)

   Antonym: 活語 (katsugo)