死硬

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (死硬)		死	硬
simp. #(死硬)		死	硬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐyìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² ngaang⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-ngǐ / sí-ngī / sí-ngēe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐyìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhyìng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-ying⁴
    • Yale: sž-yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyyinq
    • Palladius: сыин (syin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sei² ngaang⁶
    • Yale: séi ngaahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² ngaang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² ngang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ ŋaːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-ngǐ
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ngǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-ngī
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ngī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syngi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-ngēe
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ngēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɛ̃²²/

Adjective

死硬

1. stiff; inflexible
2. very obstinate; die-hard