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Chinese
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to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
heart; mind
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| trad. (死心)
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死
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心
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| simp. #(死心)
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死
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心
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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死
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心
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sǐ
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xīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sijX ›
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‹ sim ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sijʔ/
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/*səm/
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| English
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die (v.)
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heart
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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死
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心
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12006
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13801
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Phonetic
component
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死
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心
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Rime
group
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脂
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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死
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心
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljiʔ/
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/*slɯm/
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Verb
死⫽心 (verb-object)
- to give up on; to drop
你就死了這條心吧。 [MSC, trad.]
你就死了这条心吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ jiù sǐ le zhè tiáo xīn ba.
- Just drop it.
Synonyms
Noun
死心
- (literary) willingness and determination to serve till death
Derived terms