要死

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Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (要死)		要	死
simp. ^#(要死)		要	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yàosǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yāosii
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ sei²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵iau ⁵shi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàosǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàosǐh
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-ssŭ³
  - Yale: yàu-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawsyy
  - Palladius: яосы (jaosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: yāosii
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yao⁴ sii⁰
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔ⁴⁴ sz̩/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ sei²
  - Yale: yiu séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ sei̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵iau ⁵shi
  - MiniDict: iau^去 shi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²iau ²xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁴⁴ ɕi³⁴/

Adverb

要死

to a great degree
熱得來要死／热得来要死 [Shanghainese] ― ⁸gniq-teq ⁶le ⁵iau ⁵shi [Wugniu] ― extremely hot

Interjection

要死

(Shanghainese) oh my god

Synonyms

要命 (yàomìng)

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