死語

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (死語)		死	語
simp. (死语)		死	语

Etymology

Calque of English dead language.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐyǔ [Phonetic: síyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-yü³
  - Yale: sž-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyyeu
  - Palladius: сыюй (syjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² jyu⁵
  - Yale: séi yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

死語

(linguistics) dead language

Synonyms

滅絕語言／灭绝语言 (mièjué yǔyán)
死語言／死语言 (sǐyǔyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	語
し Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

From 死 (shi, “death, dead”) +‎ 語 (go, “language”).

The first sense is a calque of English dead language.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しご [shíꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

死(し)語(ご) • (shigo)

(linguistics) a dead language (language that no longer has native speakers)
(lexicography) an obsolete word, paleologism
Synonym: 廃語 (haigo)

Antonym: 活語 (katsugo)

References

^ “死語”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN