討死

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (討死)		討	死
simp. (讨死)		讨	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎosǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄙˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thó-sí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to² si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎosǐ [Phonetic: táosǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎosǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: tǎu-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taosyy
    • Palladius: таосы (taosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-sí
    • Tâi-lô: thó-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toysie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to² si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thó sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ si⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

討死

1. to court death

   Synonym: 找死 (zhǎosǐ)

2. (Teochew) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • (Can we date this quote?), 李樹浩（水雞兄）, 15m22s from the start, in 水雞行運:

     嗐，揣到我討死。 [Teochew, trad.]
     嗐，揣到我讨死。 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 討死 – see the following entry.

【討うち死じに】 [noun] death on the battlefield [verb] to die on the battlefield Alternative spelling 討死に

(This term, 討死, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)