將死

Chinese

		a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (將死)		將	死
simp. (将死)		将	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-ssŭ³
    • Yale: jyāng-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangsyy
    • Palladius: цзянсы (czjansy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ sei²
    • Yale: jēung séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

將死

1. (chess, xiangqi) to checkmate

   Synonym: 將殺／将杀 (jiāngshā)

2. (literary) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 將死／将死 (jiāngsǐ): 將／将 (jiāng, “will; about to”) + 死 (sǐ, “to die”)