浸死

Chinese

		immerse; soak; steep	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (浸死)		浸	死
simp. #(浸死)		浸	死

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zam⁶ sei² / zam³ sei²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zim⁵ lhei²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chim-sí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jim⁴ xi³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìm-sí

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam⁶ sei² / zam³ sei²
    • Yale: jahm séi / jam séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam⁶ sei² / dzam³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem⁶ séi² / zem³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm²² sei̯³⁵/, /t͡sɐm³³ sei̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zim⁵ lhei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim³² ɬei⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chim-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: jim xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jim⁴ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sim⁵⁵ si³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jim⁴ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁵⁵ si³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìm-sí
    • Tâi-lô: tsìm-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciemsie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/

Verb

浸死

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, transitive or intransitive) to drown

   佢唔小心跌咗落河，浸死咗。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ m⁴ siu² sam¹ dit³ zo² lok⁶ ho⁴, zam⁶ sei² zo². [Jyutping]

   He fell into the river and drowned.

   浸死咗隻狗／浸死咗只狗 [Cantonese]  ―  zam⁶ sei² zo² zek³ gau² [Jyutping]  ―  to drown a dog

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 淹死 (“to drown (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		溺死
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淹死, 溺死, 溺斃, 滅頂, 沒頂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	淹死
	Singapore	淹死
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	淹死
Cantonese	Guangzhou	浸死
	Hong Kong	浸死
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	浸死
	Macau	浸死
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	浸死
	Foshan	浸死
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	浸死
	Foshan (Shunde)	浸死
	Foshan (Sanshui)	浸死
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	浸死
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	浸死
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	浸死
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	浸死
	Taishan	浸死
	Kaiping (Chikan)	浸死
	Enping (Niujiang)	浸死
	Heshan (Yayao)	浸死
	Dongguan	浸死
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	浸死
Gan	Lichuan	浸死
Hakka	Meixian	浸死
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	浸死
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	浸死
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	浸死
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	浸死
	Yudu	浸死
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	浸死
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	浸死
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	浸死
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	浸死
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	浸死
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蔭死
Southern Min	Xiamen	激死
	Quanzhou	激死
	Zhangzhou	激死
	Manila (Hokkien)	淹死
	Jieyang	激死
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	浸死