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
simp. and trad. (半死)		半	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-sí
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ sei²
  - Yale: bun séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ séi²
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban xi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ xi³
  - IPA: /pan⁵⁵ ɕi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-sí
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarsie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕi⁴¹/

Verb

半死

to be half-dead
(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

Derived terms

半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó)

半死半活

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