死囚

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	prisoner
trad. (死囚)		死	囚
simp. ^#(死囚)		死	囚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² cau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-siû / sí-chhiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcióu
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻiu²
  - Yale: sž-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychyou
  - Palladius: сыцю (sycju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² cau⁴
  - Yale: séi chàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² tsau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² ceo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-siû
  - Tâi-lô: sí-siû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sysiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chhiû
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tshiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sychiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu²⁴/

Noun

死囚

convict sentenced to death; convict awaiting execution

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
死	囚

Noun

死囚

chữ Hán form of tử tù (“death row inmate”)