橫死掂死

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	weigh in the hand	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (橫死掂死)		橫	死	掂	死
simp. (横死掂死)		横	死	掂	死
Literally: “either way results in death”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ sei² dim⁶ sei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ sei² dim⁶ sei²
    • Yale: wàahng séi dihm séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ sei² dim⁶ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ séi² dim⁶ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ sei̯³⁵ tiːm²² sei̯³⁵/

Idiom

橫死掂死

1. (Cantonese) between a rock and a hard place

Related terms

• 橫睇掂睇／横睇掂睇