效死

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (效死)		效	死
simp. #(效死)		效	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàosǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ sei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-sí / hāu-sír / hāu-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàosǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàosǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: syàu-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawsyy
    • Palladius: сяосы (sjaosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ sei²
    • Yale: haauh séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² sei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sí
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sír
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-sú
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ su⁵³/

Verb

效死

1. to be ready to give or relinquish one's life for a cause; to devote one's life to

Synonyms

• 出死 (chūsǐ) (literary)
• 盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary)