淹死

Chinese

		drown; submerge	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (淹死)		淹	死
simp. #(淹死)		淹	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yānsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄙˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янсы (i͡ansɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yim-sí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-sí / im--sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yansǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-ssŭ³
    • Yale: yān-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iansyy
    • Palladius: яньсы (janʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янсы (i͡ansɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃²⁴ sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ sei²
    • Yale: yīm séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: im xi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim<sup>4</sup> xi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /im⁵⁵ si³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im xi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim⁴ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im⁵⁵ si³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sí / im--sí
    • Tâi-lô: im-sí / im--sí

Verb

淹死

1. (ergative) 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
Mandarin	Taiwan	淹死
	Guiyang	淹死
	Singapore	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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