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作死

作死

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad. (作死)		作	死

Verb

作死

(neologism, slang) to seek death, to invite death by recklessness; to look for trouble

你是要作死啊？！ ― Nǐ shì yào zuōsǐ a?! ― Are you trying to get into trouble or what?

作死你呀？ [Cantonese] ― Zok³ sei² nei⁵ aa⁴? [Jyutping] ― Are you trying to get into trouble?

See also

找死 (zhǎosǐ)

Etymology

From 作 (zuò, “(dialectal Wu) to look for trouble, to be pretentious”) + 死 (sǐ, “death”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuōsǐ, zuòsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛㄙˇ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuōsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuosyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, uncommon)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ sei²
  - Yale: jok séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ sei²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ sei̯³⁵/