半死

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (半死)		半	死
simp. #(半死)		半	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-sí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: bàn-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannsyy
    • Palladius: баньсы (banʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ sei²
    • Yale: bun séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ si³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-sí
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarsie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/

Verb

半死

1. to be half-dead

Derived terms

• 半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó)
• 半死半活 (bànsǐ bànhuó)

Adverb

半死

1. (exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state.

   累得半死  ―  lěi de bànsǐ  ―  to be tired as hell

   嚇得半死／吓得半死  ―  xià de bànsǐ  ―  to be scared out of one's wits

Synonyms

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• 半倒死 (Hokkien)
• 半囝 (Hokkien)
• 半小死 (Hokkien)
• 半條命 / 半条命 (Hokkien)
• 攞命 / 𫽋命 (lo² meng⁶) (Cantonese)
• 要命 (yàomìng)
• 要死 (yàosǐ)
• 買命 / 买命 (Hokkien)