死板

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (死板)		死	板
simp. #(死板)		死	板

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐbǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² baan²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xi³ ban³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sí-pán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si² bang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐbǎn [Phonetic: síbǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-pan³
    • Yale: sž-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybaan
    • Palladius: сыбань (sybanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² baan²
    • Yale: séi báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ paːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi³ ban³
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ pan³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-pán
    • Tâi-lô: sí-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'parn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si² bang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí páng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵²⁻³⁵ paŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

死板

1. stiff; unanimated; dull; lifeless; sluggish
2. inflexible; rigid

   他做事太死板了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā zuòshì tài sǐbǎn le. [Pinyin]

   He is too inflexible in handling matters.

Synonyms

• (stiff; unanimated): 呆板 (dāibǎn)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “stiff; unanimated”): 活潑／活泼 (huópō), 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè)