嚇死

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See also: 吓死

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (嚇死)		嚇	死
simp. (吓死)		吓	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ssŭ³
  - Yale: syà-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahsyy
  - Palladius: сясы (sjasy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ sei²
  - Yale: haak séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hag^ˋ xi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ xi³
  - Sinological IPA: /hak̚² si³¹/

Verb

嚇死

to scare someone to death; to freak someone out
我差點暈過去，嚇死我了。 [MSC, trad.]
我差点晕过去，吓死我了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ chàdiǎn yùn guòqu, xiàsǐ wǒ le.
I was so scared that I almost passed out.

爭啲嚇死我／争啲吓死我 [Cantonese] ― zaang¹ di¹ haak³ sei² ngo⁵ ― nearly gave me a heart attack

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ--sí)
(Wu) 嚇殺／吓杀 (xiàshā)

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