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驚死

驚死

See also: 惊死

Chinese

 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
 
to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (驚死) 驚 死
simp. (惊死) 惊 死
Literally: “to fear death”.

Verb

驚死

  1. (Min Nan, Cantonese) to fear death

Adjective

驚死

  1. (Min Nan, Cantonese) afraid; scared; cowardly
    你做咩咁驚死？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你做咩咁惊死？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    Nei5 zou6 me1 gam3geng1 sei2? [Jyutping]
    Why are you so scared?

Synonyms

  • 怕死

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Verb

驚死

  1. (Min Nan) to scare someone to death
    我真是予你驚死。 [Min Nan, trad.]
    我真是予你惊死。 [Min Nan, simp.]
    Góa chin-sī hō͘ lí kiaⁿ--sí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    You really scared me to death.
Synonyms

Etymology

From 驚／惊 (jīng, “to fear; to scare”) + 死 (sǐ, “death”)

Pronunciation 1

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