該死

Mandarin

Etymology

• gāi 該 ("should; ought to") + sǐ 死 ("die")

Adjective

該死 (traditional, Pinyin gāisǐ, simplified 该死)

1. damn; wretched; stupid

Interjection

該死 (traditional, Pinyin gāisǐ, simplified 该死)

1. damn!

References

• 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8: