死死

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (死死)		死	死
simp. #(死死)		死	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-sí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐsǐ [Phonetic: sísǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: sž-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syysyy
    • Palladius: сысы (sysy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² sei²
    • Yale: séi séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` xi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ si³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-sí
    • Tâi-lô: sí-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sysie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴¹/

Adverb

死死

1. firmly; tightly

   • 我們不能像蘇聯那樣，把什麼都集中到中央，把地方卡得死死的，一點機動權也沒有。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们不能像苏联那样，把什么都集中到中央，把地方卡得死死的，一点机动权也没有。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen bùnéng xiàng Sūlián nàyàng, bǎ shénme dōu jízhōng dào zhōngyāng, bǎ dìfāng kǎ de sǐsǐ de, yīdiǎn jīdòngquán yě méiyǒu. [Pinyin]

     We must not follow the example of the Soviet Union in concentrating everything in the hands of the central authorities, shackling the local authorities and denying them the right to independent action.

2. firmly; resolutely
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) very; really; badly (placed after the adjective)

Synonyms

• (very): 得很 (dehěn); (Gan) 死人 (sǐrén)