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激死

gik1 sei2

to annoy; to irritate; to drive somebody nuts

literally "to irritate emotionally and lead to death."

eg: 激死我! - "You'll be the death of me" or "you're driving me to an early grave", uttered by exasperated parents to their unruly children!

It can be said in exasperation, or jokingly.

[華] 氣死
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This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 23,300

激死

激 gik1 jiao4 jiao1 ji2 ji1 {ji5} | ji5 - [1] [v] stir up; arouse; excite; incite; urge
死 sei2 si2 si3 - die, dead; death

This word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 and last edited on 25th Feb 2008

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