死心塌地

Chinese

		to give up on; to drop; willingness and determination to serve till death	collapse	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
simp. #(死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
alternative forms		死心踏地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐxīntādì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄚ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxīntādì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄚ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsintadì
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsin¹-tʻa¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: sž-syīn-tā-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshintadih
    • Palladius: сысиньтади (sysinʹtadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶
    • Yale: séi sām taap deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sam¹ taap⁸ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sem¹ tab³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

死心塌地

1. to be hell-bent on; to be dead set on (following someone)

   她死心塌地地跟著那個男人。 [MSC, trad.]
   她死心塌地地跟着那个男人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā sǐxīntādì de gēnzhe nàge nánrén. [Pinyin]

   She devotes herself to that man.