死了

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (死了)		死	了
simp. ^#(死了)		死	了

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sǐle

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыли (sɨli, II-0)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² liu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-liáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐle
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhle̊
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-lê⁵
  - Yale: sž-le
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syy.le
  - Palladius: сылэ (sylɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴ lə⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыли (sɨli, II-0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ li⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² liu⁵
  - Yale: séi líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² liu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ liːu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: sí-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syliao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liau⁴¹/

Adverb

死了

(colloquial) extremely; very
我累死了 ― wǒ lěi sǐle ― I am dead tired

Synonyms

(Jinhua Wu) 倒來了／倒来了

Verb

死了

(intransitive) to have died; to be dead
(transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
- 這人姓王名冕，在諸暨縣鄉村裡住。七歲上死了父親，他母親做點針黹供給他到村學堂裡去讀書。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  这人姓王名冕，在诸暨县乡村里住。七岁上死了父亲，他母亲做点针黹供给他到村学堂里去读书。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Zhè rén xìng Wáng míng Miǎn, zài Zhūjìxiàn xiāngcūn lǐ zhù. Qīsuì shàng sǐle fùqīn, tā mǔqīn zuòdiǎn zhēnzhǐ gōnggěi tā dào cūnxuétáng lǐ qù dúshū. [Pinyin]
  His name was Wang Mian, and he lived in a village in Zhuji County, Zhejiang. When he was seven his father died (lit. he lost his father), but his mother took in sewing so that he could study at the village school.