活該

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See also: 活该

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (活該)		活	該
simp. (活该)		活	该

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huógāi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ goi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-kai / hoa̍t-kai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huógāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huógai
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-kai¹
  - Yale: hwó-gāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwogai
  - Palladius: хогай (xogaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ goi¹
  - Yale: wuht gōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ goi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ goi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² kɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-kai
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqkay
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-kai
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadkay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/

Verb

活該

(colloquial) to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one

Interjection

活該

(colloquial) You deserve it.

Synonyms

堪該 / 堪该 (Hakka)
抵死 (dai² sei²) (Cantonese)

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

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