縊頸

Chinese

		hang; strangle oneself	neck
trad. (縊頸)		縊	頸
simp. (缢颈)		缢	颈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³ geng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-ching³
    • Yale: yì-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjiing
    • Palladius: ицзин (iczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai³ geng²
    • Yale: ai géng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai³ geng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei³ géng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³ kɛːŋ³⁵/

Verb

縊頸

1. to hang oneself

Synonyms

• 上吊 (shàngdiào)
• 吊死 (diàosǐ)
• 吊頸／吊颈 (diàojǐng)
• 懸樑／悬梁 (xuánliáng) (from a beam)
• 投繯／投缳 (tóuhuán)
• 絞縊／绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
• 縊死／缢死 (yìsǐ)
• 自經／自经 (zìjīng)
• 自縊／自缢 (zìyì)