賜死
Chinese
| confer; bestow; grant | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (賜死) | 賜 | 死 | |
| simp. (赐死) | 赐 | 死 | |
| Literally: “to bestow death”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cìsǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄙˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìhsǐh
- Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ4-ssŭ3
- Yale: tsz̀-sž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhsyy
- Palladius: цысы (cysy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sìsǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄙˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhsǐh
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-ssŭ3
- Yale: sz̀-sž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhsyy
- Palladius: сысы (sysy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ci3 sei2
- Yale: chi séi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi3 sei2
- Guangdong Romanization: qi3 séi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
賜死
- (chiefly historical, of the emperor or an official) to order someone to commit suicide (especially as an honorable method of capital punishment)