該死

See also: 该死

Chinese

		that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (該死)		該	死
simp. (该死)		该	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāisǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi¹ sei²
• Gan (Wiktionary): gai¹ si³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kôi-sí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): goi¹ xi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): găi-*sī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kai-sí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gai² si²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāisǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaisǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kai¹-ssŭ³
    • Yale: gāi-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaisyy
    • Palladius: гайсы (gajsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi¹ sei²
    • Yale: gōi séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi¹ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi¹ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gai¹ si³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁴² sz̩²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôi-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: goi^ˊ xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: goi¹ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /koi̯²⁴ si³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: goi¹ xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /koɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ si³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: găi-*sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ si³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-sí
    • Tâi-lô: kai-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaisie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai² si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kái sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵²⁻³⁵ si⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

該死

1. to deserve death or some adverse outcome; to be damned

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		活該
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	活該, 死好
	Harbin	活該
	Singapore	活該
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	活該
	Xi'an	活該
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抵死
	Hong Kong	抵死
	Taishan	抵死
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	該然, 該死, 死好
Jin	Taiyuan	活該
Northern Min	Jian'ou	該死
Southern Min	Xiamen	合該, 合該然
	Taichung	應該, 死好, 三好加一好
	Jieyang	堪該, 堪該死
Wu	Ningbo	該死

Adjective

該死

1. (colloquial) damn; wretched; stupid

   那支該死的鋼筆哪兒去了？ [MSC, trad.]
   那支该死的钢笔哪儿去了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nà zhī gāisǐ de gāngbǐ nǎr qù le? [Pinyin]

   Where did that goddamn pen go?

Interjection

該死

1. (colloquial) damn (it)!

   該死！我把我的鑰匙丟了。 [MSC, trad.]
   该死！我把我的钥匙丢了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāisǐ! Wǒ bǎ wǒ de yàoshi diū le. [Pinyin]

   Damn it! I've lost my keys.

See also

• (damn; wretched; stupid): (Cantonese) 死人 (sǐrén)
• (damn it): (Cantonese) 頂／顶 (dǐng)