縊死

See also: 缢死

Chinese

		hang; strangle oneself	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (縊死)		縊	死
simp. (缢死)		缢	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: yì-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihsyy
    • Palladius: исы (isy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai³ sei²
    • Yale: ai séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

縊死

1. (archaic) to hang oneself; to hang someone by the neck with a rope

Synonyms

• 上吊 (shàngdiào)
• 吊死 (diàosǐ)
• 吊頸／吊颈 (diàojǐng)
• 懸樑／悬梁 (xuánliáng) (from a beam)
• 投繯／投缳 (tóuhuán)
• 絞縊／绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
• 縊頸／缢颈 (yìjǐng)
• 自經／自经 (zìjīng)
• 自縊／自缢 (zìyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縊	死
い Hyōgaiji	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​し [íꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɕi]

Noun

縊(い)死(し) • (ishi) 

1. death by hanging

Synonyms

• 首吊(くびつ)り (kubitsuri)

Korean

Hanja in this term
縊	死

Noun

縊死 • (aeksa) (hangeul 액사)

1. Hanja form^? of 액사 (“death by hanging”).