賜死

Chinese

		confer; bestow; grant	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (賜死)		賜	死
simp. (赐死)		赐	死
Literally: “to bestow death”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìsǐ, sìsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄙˇ, ㄙˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: cìsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ sei²
  - Yale: chi séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ séi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

賜死

(chiefly historical, of the emperor or an official) to order someone to commit suicide

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