好死

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (好死)		好	死
simp. #(好死)		好	死
anagram		死好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎosǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎosǐ [Phonetic: háosǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: hǎu-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haosyy
    • Palladius: хаосы (xaosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sei²
    • Yale: hóu séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ si³¹/

Noun

好死

1. good death; agreeable death

Synonyms

• 善終／善终 (shànzhōng)

Derived terms

• 好死不如賴活著／好死不如赖活著 (hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe)
• 好死不死
• 好死唔死

 

Adjective

好死

1. (Cantonese, usually in rhetorical sentences) damn fantastic

   邊有咁好死？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   边有咁好死？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   bin¹ jau⁵ gam³ hou² sei²? [Jyutping]

   They'd never do something so helpful.