殊死

Chinese

		unique	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (殊死)		殊	死
simp. #(殊死)		殊	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ sei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sû-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shusǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-ssŭ³
    • Yale: shū-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusyy
    • Palladius: шусы (šusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁴ sei²
    • Yale: syùh séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹ sei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû-sí
    • Tâi-lô: sû-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su²⁴⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

殊死

1. (archaic) penalty of decapitation

Adjective

殊死

1. desperate; life-and-death