敢死

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Chinese

dare
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
trad. (敢死)
simp. #(敢死)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (16)
Final () (143) (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kamX sijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑmX/ /sˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑmX/ /sᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑmX/ /siɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kamX/ /sjiX/
Li
Rong
/kɑmX/ /sjiX/
Wang
Li
/kɑmX/ /siX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɑmX/ /siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam2 si2

Adjective

敢死

  1. (Southern Min, derogatory) bold and reckless; daredevil

Verb

敢死

  1. (literary or Southern Min) to not fear death

Derived terms