激死

Chinese

Etymology 1

to infuriate
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (激死) 激 死
simp. #(激死) 激 死

Pronunciation


Verb

激死

  1. (Cantonese, intransitive) to be extremely annoyed; to be angry; to be mad
  2. (Cantonese, transitive) to annoy; to anger; to madden
    真係激死我!/真系激死我! [Cantonese]  ―  zan1 hai6 gik1 sei2 ngo5! [Jyutping]  ―  Dang, [it, you, …] piss[es] me off!
    激死人呀! [Cantonese]  ―  gik1 sei2 jan4 aa3! [Jyutping]  ―  So infuriating!
Synonyms

Etymology 2

to submerge in water
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (激死) 激 死
simp. #(激死) 激 死

Pronunciation


Verb

激死

  1. (Teochew) to drown

References

  • Lim, Hiong Seng (1886), “A Dictionary of some of the more important words in the Swatow dialect”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press
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