驚死

See also: 惊死

Chinese

		to fear	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (驚死)		驚	死
simp. (惊死)		惊	死
Literally: “to fear death”.

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng¹ sei²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gia¹ si³ / giaⁿ¹ si³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiaⁿ-sí

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng¹ sei²
    • Yale: gēng séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gia¹ si³ [Phonetic: gia⁵ si³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia⁵³³⁻²¹ ɬi⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: giaⁿ¹ si³ [Phonetic: giaⁿ⁵ si³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã⁵³³⁻²¹ ɬi³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviasie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã³³ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/

Verb

驚⫽死 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min, Puxian Min) to fear death

Adjective

驚死

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) afraid; scared; cowardly

   你做咩咁驚死？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你做咩咁惊死？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ gam³ geng¹ sei²? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so scared?

Synonyms

• 怕死 (pàsǐ)

Descendants

• → English: kiasi

Pronunciation 2

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ--sí
    • Tâi-lô: kiann--sí

Verb

驚死

1. (Southern Min) to scare someone to death

   你真正予我驚死。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你真正予我惊死。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí chin-chiàⁿ hō͘ góa kiaⁿ--sí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You really scared me to death.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin, Cantonese) 嚇死／吓死 (xiàsǐ)
• (Wu) 嚇殺／吓杀 (xiàshā)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “惊死”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.