自殺

See also: 自杀

Chinese

		self	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (自殺)		自	殺
simp. (自杀)		自	杀
alternative forms		ZS Internet euphemism

Etymology

The sense of "cutting a fruit" is influenced by Hokkien 刣 (thâi, “to cut open or to kill”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	自	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	疾二切	所八切
Baxter	dzijH	sreat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/ʃᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/ʃæt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	saat3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	自	自	殺
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zì	zì	shā
Middle Chinese	‹ dzijH ›	‹ dzijH ›	‹ srɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[b]i[t]-s/	/*s.[b]i[t]-s/	/*s<r>at/
English	self (adv.)	to follow; from	kill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	自	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	17879	11010
Phonetic component	自	杀
Rime group	至	月
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	自	殺
Old Chinese	/*ɦljids/	/*sreːd/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zìshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄕㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi⁴ sa²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ saat³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-sat

  (Hailu, HRS): cii^˖ sad

• Jin (Wiktionary): zi³ sah⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): cê̤ṳ-sák
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo⁵ sah⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chū-sat / chīr-sat / chī-sat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ suah⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zy-saq₇ / ²zy₆-saeq₇

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsha
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: dz̀-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsha
    • Palladius: цзыша (czyša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi⁴ sa²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zsa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹³ sa²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ saat³
    • Yale: jih saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² saːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-sat
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii sad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ sad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ sat̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii^˖ sad
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ³³ sat⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi³ sah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵ saʔ²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cê̤ṳ-sák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lɑʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁵ sah⁶ [Phonetic: zo⁴ sah⁶]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceō-sah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹⁻⁴² ɬaʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁵ sah⁶ [Phonetic: zo⁴ sah⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵ²¹⁻⁴² ɬaʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-sat
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxsad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡su²¹ sat̚³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-sat
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-sat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² sat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chī-sat
    • Tâi-lô: tsī-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixsad
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡si⁴¹⁻²² sat̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ suah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ suah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ suaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-saq₇
    • MiniDict: zy^去 sah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-saq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² saʔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²zy₆-saeq₇
    • MiniDict: zy^去 saeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zz̩²² saʔ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH sreat

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s  s<r>at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids  sreːd/

Verb

自殺

1. (intransitive) to commit suicide; to kill oneself; to take one's own life

   Coordinate term: 他殺 / 他杀 (tāshā)

   服毒自殺／服毒自杀  ―  fúdú zìshā  ―  to commit suicide by taking poison

   自殺行為／自杀行为  ―  zìshā xíngwéi  ―  suicidal behavior

   自殺危機／自杀危机  ―  zìshā wēijī  ―  suicidal crisis

   自殺傾向／自杀倾向  ―  zìshā qīngxiàng  ―  suicidality

   自殺經歷／自杀经历  ―  zìshā jīnglì  ―  lived experience of suicide

   割腕自殺／割腕自杀  ―  gēwàn zìshā  ―  to commit suicide by cutting one's wrists

   他去年自殺了。／他去年自杀了。  ―  Tā qùnián zìshā le.  ―  He took his own life last year.

   應該在媒體中報導關於自殺的新聞嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   应该在媒体中报导关于自杀的新闻吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yīnggāi zài méitǐ zhōng bàodǎo guānyú zìshā de xīnwén ma? [Pinyin]

   Should suicides be reported in news media?

2. (Taiwan, slang) (of the buyer) to cut a fruit, etc., especially a pineapple oneself (instead of asking the vendor to do it)

   Coordinate term: 他殺 / 他杀 (tāshā)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 尋短, 尋短見, 自尋短見, 輕生
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	自殺, 尋短兒, 尋拙志
	Taiwan	自殺
	Chifeng	自殺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	自殺
	Harbin	自殺
	Shenyang	自殺
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	自殺
	Tangshan	自殺
	Cangzhou	自殺
	Baoding	自殺
	Shijiazhuang	自殺
	Jinan	自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	自殺
	Qingdao	自殺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	尋死
	Wanrong	尋短見, 尋死
	Zhengzhou	自殺, 自盡
	Xi'an	自殺, 自盡
	Xining	自殺, 尋短見
	Xuzhou	自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	自殺
	Lanzhou	自殺, 自盡
	Ürümqi	自殺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	自殺
	Chongqing	自殺
	Wuhan	自殺, 尋死
	Guiyang	自殺, 尋死
	Guilin	自殺
	Liuzhou	自殺, 尋短見
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	自殺, 自盡, 尋死
	Yangzhou	自殺, 自盡, 尋死
	Nantong	尋死
	Hefei	自殺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	自殺
	Dongguan	自殺
	Nanning	自殺, 自盡
	Wuzhou	自殺
	Yulin	自殺, 自盡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	自殺, 自盡
Gan	Nanchang	自盡
	Lichuan	尋死
	Pingxiang	尋短見
Hakka	Meixian	自盡
	Yudu	自縊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	自殺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	自殺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	自殺, 自盡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	自殺, 自盡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	自殺, 尋死
Huizhou	Jixi	自殺, 尋死
	Shexian	自殺
Jin	Taiyuan	自殺, 尋死
	Xinzhou	尋死
	Linhe	自殺
	Jining	自殺
	Hohhot	自殺
	Zhangjiakou	自殺
	Handan	自殺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	討死
Southern Min	Xiamen	行短路, 揣短路
	Quanzhou	行短路, 揣短路
	Zhangzhou	行短路, 揣短路
	Zhao'an	行短路, 自殺, 自盡
	Tainan	行短路
	Penang (Hokkien)	自殺
	Manila (Hokkien)	自殺
	Leizhou	自盡
	Haikou	自盡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	自殺, 自盡
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	尋短見
Wu	Shanghai	自殺, 尋死路, 尋死, 尋短見
	Shanghai (Chongming)	自家尋死
	Suzhou	尋死路, 自殺
	Hangzhou	自盡, 尋死
	Ningbo	尋死
	Wenzhou	自殺
	Jinhua	自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路
Xiang	Changsha	尋短路
	Loudi	尋路, 尋短
	Quanzhou	自殺

Dialectal synonyms of 自殺 (“to commit suicide”) [map]

Derived terms

• 切腹自殺 / 切腹自杀
• 剖腹自殺 / 剖腹自杀
• 協助自殺 / 协助自杀 (xiézhù zìshā)
• 慢性自殺 / 慢性自杀
• 畏罪自殺 / 畏罪自杀
• 自殺式 / 自杀式
• 自殺意念 / 自杀意念 (zìshā yìniàn)
• 被自殺 / 被自杀 (bèi zìshā)
• 輔助自殺 / 辅助自杀 (fǔzhù zìshā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (自殺):

• → Japanese: 自(じ)殺(さつ) (jisatsu)
• → Korean: 자살(自殺) (jasal)
• → Vietnamese: tự sát (自殺)