死心塌地

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Chinese

		to give up on; to drop; willingness and determination to serve till death	collapse	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
simp. ^#(死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
alternative forms		死心踏地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐxīntādì

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄊㄚㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxīntādì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄊㄚㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsintadì
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsin¹-tʻa¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: sž-syīn-tā-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshintadih
  - Palladius: сысиньтади (sysinʹtadi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶
  - Yale: séi sām taap deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sam¹ taap⁸ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² sem¹ tab³ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

死心塌地

to be hell-bent on; to be dead set on (following someone)
她死心塌地地跟著那個男人。 [MSC, trad.]
她死心塌地地跟着那个男人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā sǐxīntādì de gēnzhe nàge nánrén.
She devotes herself to that man.

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