死咗 (sei2 zo2 | ) : to be dead

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死咗

sei2 zo2

[1] to be dead [2] [Syn.] 唔喺度 , 過咗生 , 死咗 [3] [華]: 死了 , 去世 , 不在了

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

死咗

This word has been viewed 3346 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 12th Aug 2007 13:27 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

死 sei2 - die; death; dead
咗 zo2 - already

2 compounds containing this word:

死咗條心 - give up hope altogether
Common Formations:
車死咗火 - the car is stalled

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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.]

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

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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