死敵

See also: 死敌

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	enemy; match
trad. (死敵)		死	敵
simp. (死敌)		死	敌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐdí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² dik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-tia̍k / sí-te̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐdí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhdí
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-ti²
    • Yale: sž-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syydyi
    • Palladius: сыди (sydi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² dik⁶
    • Yale: séi dihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² dik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² dig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ tɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'diak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sí-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'dek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚¹²¹/

Noun

死敵

1. mortal enemy

Verb

死敵

1. (archaic) to die at the hand of the enemy, to be killed in action, to die fighting
   • 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter in Reply to Ren Shaoqing (報任少卿書).

     北嚮爭死敵者／北向争死敌者 [Classical Chinese]  ―  běi xiàng zhēng sǐdí zhě [Pinyin]  ―  Facing the north, [the soldiers all] vied for [the honor of] dying in battle.