死活

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (死活)		死	活
simp. #(死活)		死	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-oa̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuó
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-huo²
    • Yale: sž-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwo
    • Palladius: сыхо (syxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² wut⁶
    • Yale: séi wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ wuːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syoah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

Noun

死活

1. life or death; fate

Derived terms

• 不知死活 (bùzhīsǐhuó)

 

Adverb

死活

1. (used in negative sentences) simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what

Synonyms

• 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
• 不管怎麼樣／不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
• 反正
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
• 橫直／横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
• 橫豎／横竖 (héngshù)
• 橫豎橫／横竖横 (Northern Wu)
• 無論如何／无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
• 生死 (sen¹ si³) (Sichuanese)
• 紅黑／红黑 (hong² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 總之／总之 (zǒngzhī)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	活
し Grade: 3	かつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

死(し)活(かつ) • (shikatsu) 

1. life-or-death
2. (go) Life and death

Derived terms

• 死活問題(しかつもんだい) (shikatsumondai)