起死

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (起死)		起	死
simp. #(起死)		起	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsǐ [Phonetic: qísǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: chǐ-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisyy
    • Palladius: цисы (cisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

起死

1. (literary) to bring the dead back to life

Derived terms

• 起死回生 (qǐsǐhuíshēng)