死活

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (死活)		死	活
simp. ^#(死活)		死	活

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-oa̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuó
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-huo²
  - Yale: sž-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwo
  - Palladius: сыхо (syxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² wut⁶
  - Yale: séi wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ wuːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-oa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: sí-ua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syoah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

Noun

死活

life or death; fate

Derived terms

不知死活 (bùzhīsǐhuó)

Adverb

死活

(used in negative sentences) simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what

Synonyms

不管怎樣 / 不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
不管怎麼樣 / 不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
反正
好歹 (hǎodǎi)
好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
橫直 / 横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
橫豎 / 横竖 (héngshù)
橫豎橫 / 横竖横 (Northern Wu)
無論如何 / 无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
生死 (sen¹ si³) (Sichuanese)
紅黑 / 红黑 (hong² he²) (Sichuanese)
總之 / 总之 (zǒngzhī)
長短 / 长短 (chángduǎn) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	活
し Grade: 3	かつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

死(し)活(かつ) • (shikatsu)

life-or-death
(go) Life and death

Derived terms

死活問題(しかつもんだい) (shikatsumondai)