要死

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (要死)		要	死
simp. #(要死)		要	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yàosǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yāosii

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ sei²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵iau ⁵shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàosǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàosǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: yàu-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawsyy
    • Palladius: яосы (jaosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: yāosii
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yao⁴ sii⁰
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔ⁴⁴ sz̩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ sei²
    • Yale: yiu séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ sei̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵iau ⁵shi
    • MiniDict: iau^去 shi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²iau ²xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁴⁴  ɕi³⁴/

Adverb

要死

1. to a great degree

   熱得來要死／热得来要死 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁸gniq-teq ⁶le ⁵iau ⁵shi [Wugniu]  ―  extremely hot

Synonyms

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• 半倒死 (Hokkien)
• 半囝 (Hokkien)
• 半小死 (Hokkien)
• 半條命 / 半条命 (Hokkien)
• 半死 (bànsǐ)
• 攞命 / 𫽋命 (lo² meng⁶) (Cantonese)
• 要命 (yàomìng)
• 買命 / 买命 (Hokkien)

Interjection

要死

1. (Shanghainese) oh my god