溺死

Chinese

		urinate; urine; drown urinate; urine; drown; indulge; be addicted to	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (溺死)		溺	死
simp. #(溺死)		溺	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik⁶ sei² / nik¹ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: nì-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihsyy
    • Palladius: нисы (nisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nik⁶ sei² / nik¹ sei²
    • Yale: nihk séi / nīk séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁹ sei² / nik⁷ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig⁶ séi² / nig¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚² sei̯³⁵/, /nɪk̚⁵ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

溺死

1. to drown

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 淹死 (“to drown (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		溺死
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淹死, 溺死, 溺斃, 滅頂, 沒頂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	淹死
	Singapore	淹死
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	淹死
Cantonese	Guangzhou	浸死
	Hong Kong	浸死
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	浸死
	Macau	浸死
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	浸死
	Foshan	浸死
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	浸死
	Foshan (Shunde)	浸死
	Foshan (Sanshui)	浸死
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	浸死
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	浸死
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	浸死
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	浸死
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	浸死
	Taishan	浸死
	Kaiping (Chikan)	浸死
	Enping (Niujiang)	浸死
	Heshan (Yayao)	浸死
	Dongguan	浸死
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	浸死
Gan	Lichuan	浸死
Hakka	Meixian	浸死
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	浸死
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	浸死
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	浸死
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	浸死
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	浸死
	Yudu	浸死
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	浸死
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	浸死
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	浸死
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	浸死
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	浸死
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蔭死
Southern Min	Xiamen	激死
	Quanzhou	激死
	Zhangzhou	激死
	Manila (Hokkien)	淹死
	Jieyang	激死
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	浸死

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (溺死):

• → Korean: 익사(溺死) (iksa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溺	死
でき Grade: S	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de̞kʲiɕi]

Noun

溺(でき)死(し) • (dekishi) 

1. drowning

Synonyms

• 水(すい)死(し) (suishi)

Verb

溺(でき)死(し)する • (dekishi suru) suru (stem 溺(でき)死(し)し (dekishi shi), past 溺(でき)死(し)した (dekishi shita))

1. to drown

Conjugation

Conjugation of "溺死する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	溺死し	できしし	dekishi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	溺死し	できしし	dekishi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	溺死する	できしする	dekishi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	溺死する	できしする	dekishi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	溺死すれ	できしすれ	dekishi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	溺死せよ¹ 溺死しろ²	できしせよ¹ できししろ²	dekishi seyo¹ dekishi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	溺死される	できしされる	dekishi sareru
Causative	溺死させる 溺死さす	できしさせる できしさす	dekishi saseru dekishi sasu
Potential	溺死できる	できしできる	dekishi dekiru
Volitional	溺死しよう	できししよう	dekishi shiyō
Negative	溺死しない	できししない	dekishi shinai
Negative continuative	溺死せず	できしせず	dekishi sezu
Formal	溺死します	できしします	dekishi shimasu
Perfective	溺死した	できしした	dekishi shita
Conjunctive	溺死して	できしして	dekishi shite
Hypothetical conditional	溺死すれば	できしすれば	dekishi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 水(すい)死(し)する (suishi suru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
溺	死

Noun

溺死 • (iksa) (hangeul 익사)

1. Hanja form^? of 익사 (“drowning”).