死讀書

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to read books; to study
trad. (死讀書)		死	讀書
simp. (死读书)		死	读书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐdúshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² duk⁶ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐdúshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhdúshu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-tu²-shu¹
    • Yale: sž-dú-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syydwushu
    • Palladius: сыдушу (sydušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² duk⁶ syu¹
    • Yale: séi duhk syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² duk⁹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² dug⁶ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵/

Verb

死讀書

1. to learn by rote; to study mechanically
2. to devote oneself to learning; to only think about studying