死囚

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	prisoner
trad. (死囚)		死	囚
simp. #(死囚)		死	囚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² cau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-siû / sí-chhiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcióu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: sž-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychyou
    • Palladius: сыцю (sycju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² cau⁴
    • Yale: séi chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-siû
    • Tâi-lô: sí-siû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sysiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chhiû
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tshiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sychiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu²⁴/

Noun

死囚

1. convict sentenced to death; convict awaiting execution

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
死	囚

Noun

死囚

1. chữ Hán form of tử tù (“death row inmate”).