抵死

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Chinese

		hold up; on the whole; push against hold up; on the whole; push against; to support; to resist; to reach; to arrive; mortgage	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (抵死)		抵	死
simp. ^#(抵死)		抵	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǐsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄙˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dai² sei²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai² lhei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǐsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǐsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ti³-ssŭ³
  - Yale: dǐ-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diisyy
  - Palladius: дисы (disy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dai² sei²
  - Yale: dái séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai² sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei² séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai² lhei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai⁵⁵ ɬei⁵⁵/

Verb

抵死

to go all out at the risk of one's life; to risk one's life; to disregard one's life to
(obsolete) to commit a capital offence; to be sentenced to death
(Cantonese) to deserve death; to be damned
(Cantonese) to serve someone right; to deserve (punishment or an adverse outcome)

Synonyms

(to deserve death): 該死／该死 (gāisǐ)
(to serve someone right):

堪該／堪该 (Hakka)
活該／活该 (huógāi) (colloquial)

Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		活該
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	活該, 死好
	Harbin	活該
	Singapore	活該
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	活該
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	活該
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抵死
	Hong Kong	抵死
	Taishan	抵死
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	該然, 該死, 死好
Jin	Taiyuan	活該
Northern Min	Jian'ou	該死
Southern Min	Xiamen	合該, 合該然
	Taichung	應該, 死好, 三好加一好
	Jieyang	堪該, 堪該死
Wu	Ningbo	該死

Adverb

抵死

persistently; till death; with one's life threatened
(obsolete) pressingly
(obsolete) after all; eventually
(obsolete) frequently; always
(obsolete) exceptionally; unusually; especially

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