餓死

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See also: 饿死

Chinese

to be hungry; hungry
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
trad. (餓死) 餓 死
simp. (饿死) 饿 死

Pronunciation

Verb

餓⫽死 (verb-complement)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to starve to death; to die of starvation
  2. (intransitive) to be extremely hungry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 餓死 (“to starve to death”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 殍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 餓死
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 餓死
Malaysia 餓死
Singapore 餓死
Cantonese Hong Kong 餓死
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 餓死
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 餓死
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 餓死
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 餓死
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 餓死
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 餓死
Southern Min Tainan 餓死, 枵死
Manila (Hokkien) 枵死

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
餓 死
が
Grade: S 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

餓(が)死(し) • (gashi) 

  1. starvation
  2. death from starvation

Verb

餓(が)死(し)する • (gashi suru) intransitive suru (stem 餓(が)死(し)し (gashi shi), past 餓(が)死(し)した (gashi shita))

  1. to starve
  2. to starve to death
  3. to die from hunger/starvation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "餓死する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 餓死し がしし gashi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 餓死し がしし gashi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 餓死する がしする gashi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 餓死する がしする gashi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 餓死すれ がしすれ gashi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 餓死せよ¹
餓死しろ² 		がしせよ¹
がししろ² 		gashi seyo¹
gashi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 餓死される がしされる gashi sareru
Causative 餓死させる
餓死さす 		がしさせる
がしさす 		gashi saseru
gashi sasu
Potential 餓死できる がしできる gashi dekiru
Volitional 餓死しよう がししよう gashi shiyō
Negative 餓死しない がししない gashi shinai
Negative continuative 餓死せず がしせず gashi sezu
Formal 餓死します がしします gashi shimasu
Perfective 餓死した がしした gashi shita
Conjunctive 餓死して がしして gashi shite
Hypothetical conditional 餓死すれば がしすれば gashi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
餓死

Noun

餓死 • (asa) (hangeul 아사)

  1. hanja form? of 아사 (“death from starvation”)
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