活該
See also: 活该
Chinese
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (活該) | 活 | 該 | |
| simp. (活该) | 活 | 该 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huógāi
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huógai
- Wade–Giles: huo2-kai1
- Yale: hwó-gāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwogai
- Palladius: хогай (xogaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wut6 goi1
- Yale: wuht gōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: wut9 goi1
- Guangdong Romanization: wud6 goi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːt̚² kɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-kai
- Tâi-lô: ua̍h-kai
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaqkay
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kai³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-kai
- Tâi-lô: hua̍t-kai
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoadkay
- IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
活該
- (colloquial) to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one
Interjection
活該
- (colloquial) You deserve it.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活該 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活該, 死好 |
| Harbin | 活該 | |
| Singapore | 活該 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 活該 |
| Xi'an | 活該 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 抵死 |
| Hong Kong | 抵死 | |
| Taishan | 抵死 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 該然, 該死, 死好 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活該 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 該死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 合該, 合該然 |
| Taichung | 應該 GT, 死好 GT, 三好加一好 GT | |
| Jieyang | 堪該, 堪該死 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 該死 |