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嚇死

嚇死

See also: 吓死

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (嚇死)		嚇	死
simp. (吓死)		吓	死

Verb

嚇死

to scare someone to death; to freak someone out

我差點暈過去，嚇死我了。 [MSC, trad.]

我差点晕过去，吓死我了。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ chàdiǎn yùn guòqu, xiàsǐ wǒ le. [Pinyin]

I was so scared that I almost passed out.

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ--sí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ sei²
  - Yale: haak séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ sei²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːk̚³ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hag` xi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ xi³
  - IPA: /hak̚² ɕi³¹/