作死

Chinese

		(dialectal) to look for trouble; to be pretentious	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad. (作死)		作	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuōsǐ, zuòsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛㄙˇ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuōsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuosyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, uncommon)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ sei²
  - Yale: jok séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog³ séi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

作死

(colloquial) to seek death; to invite death by recklessness; to look for trouble
你這個虎剌孩作死也。你的銀子又少，怎敢罵我？ [MSC, trad.]
你这个虎剌孩作死也。你的银子又少，怎敢骂我？ [MSC, simp.]
From: 元·無名氏《陳州糶米》第一摺
Nǐ zhège hǔlàhái zuòsǐ yě. Nǐ de yínzǐ yòu shào, zěn gǎn mà wǒ? [Pinyin]
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這賊配軍卻不是作死，倒來戲弄老娘！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
这贼配军却不是作死，倒来戏弄老娘！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
Zhè zéi pèijūn què bùshì zuòsǐ, dǎo lái xìnòng lǎoniáng! [Pinyin]
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你是要作死啊？！ ― Nǐ shì yào zuōsǐ a?! ― Are you trying to get into trouble or what?

作死你呀？ [Cantonese] ― Zok³ sei² nei⁵ aa⁴? [Jyutping] ― Are you trying to get into trouble?

See also

找死 (zhǎosǐ)
活得不耐煩／活得不耐烦 (huó de bùnàifán)

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