死 (sei2 | si3) : die; death; dead

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死

sei2

si3

[1] [v, n, adj] die; death; dead | [ant] 生, 活
[2] [adv] desperately; stubbornly; resolutely
[3] [adj] regid; inflexible; dogmatic
[4] [adv] extremely; terribly; unusually
[5] [adj] irreconcilable; implacable; deadly
[6] [adj] impassable; closed; blocked

Jyutping si2 was once a variant reading but has been completely taken over by sei2.

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 歹 (#78)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

死

This word has been viewed 35681 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2013 02:32

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死亡證書 sei2 mong4 zing3 syu1 si3 wang2 zheng4 shu1 = death certificate

死水 sei2 seoi2 = stagnant water

凍死 dung3 sei2 dong4 si3 = to freeze to death

怕死 paa3 sei2 pa4 si3 = cowardly

致死 zi3 sei2 zhi4 si3 = cause death; deadly

浸死 zam3*6 sei2 = drown 粵

死海 sei2 hoi2 = the Dead Sea

失禮死人 sat1 lai5 sei2 jan4 shi1 li3 si3 ren2 = extremely embarrassing 粵

死訊 sei2 seon3 si3 xun4 = news of sb's death

死敵 sei2 dik6 si3 di2 = arch enemy
See all 241 compounds (CantoDict reports 255 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 16 examples containing 死

我覺得行公司會悶死我粵
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]

你係個怕死鬼。粵
You are a coward.

佢好怕死。粵
He/she is very cowardly.

死咯，唔見咗我嘅荷包！粵
Oh no! I can't find my wallet!

就嚟悶到我死啦。粵
I am being bored to death.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,132172#msg-132172]

我病到死死下! 粵
I am so ill I feel like dying!

我打死咗隻蚊。粵
I killed a mosquito.

我架車死咗火，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]

我哋唔可以畀佢死住粵
We can't let him die yet.
[Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]

呢啲蚊𧕴痕到死！粵
These bites are damn itchy!
[Lit. This [plural counter] mosquito-bite itchy-arrive-die!]

呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。粵
This article is about a recently deceased person.
[(Wikipedia)]

瓦礫責死咗兩個人粵
The debris crushed and killed two persons.

與其苟且偷生不如死
It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

佢笑起上嚟會殺死人。粵
She has a killer smile.

死咗之後咪使旨意上天堂或者下地獄粵
Don't think you can go to heaven or hell after you die.
[Std. Chinese: 死後別想上天堂或下地獄]

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