"半死" meaning in Chinese

See 半死 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pan⁵⁵ si³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/, /pan⁵⁵ si³¹/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: bànsǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bun³ sei² [Cantonese, Jyutping], pan-sí [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], pòaⁿ-sí, bànsǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bànsǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pan⁴-ssŭ³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàn-sž [Mandarin, Yale], bannsyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], баньсы [Mandarin, Palladius], banʹsy [Mandarin, Palladius], bun séi [Cantonese, Yale], bun³ sei² [Cantonese, Pinyin], bun³ séi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pan-sí [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ban xi` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ban⁴ xi³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], pòaⁿ-sí [Hokkien, POJ], puànn-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pvoarsie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 半死
  1. (exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state. Synonyms: 要命 (yàomìng), 半小死 [Hokkien], 半囝, 半倒死
    Sense id: en-半死-zh-adv-EU93-hpu

Verb

IPA: /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pan⁵⁵ si³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/, /pan⁵⁵ si³¹/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/, /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: bànsǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bun³ sei² [Cantonese, Jyutping], pan-sí [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], pòaⁿ-sí, bànsǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bànsǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pan⁴-ssŭ³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàn-sž [Mandarin, Yale], bannsyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], баньсы [Mandarin, Palladius], banʹsy [Mandarin, Palladius], bun séi [Cantonese, Yale], bun³ sei² [Cantonese, Pinyin], bun³ séi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pan-sí [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ban xi` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ban⁴ xi³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], pòaⁿ-sí [Hokkien, POJ], puànn-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pvoarsie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 半死
  1. to be half-dead Derived forms: 半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó), 半死半活 (bànsǐ bànhuó)
    Sense id: en-半死-zh-verb-sQM18ove Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 36 64

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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "roman": "bànsǐbùhuó",
          "word": "半死不活"
        },
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          "roman": "bànsǐ bànhuó",
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        "to be half-dead"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bannsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban xi`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban⁴ xi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoarsie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半死"
}

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "english": "to be tired as hell",
          "roman": "lěi de bànsǐ",
          "text": "累得半死",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be scared out of one's wits",
          "roman": "xià de bànsǐ",
          "text": "嚇得半死/吓得半死",
          "type": "example"
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        "Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state."
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        "(exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state."
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          "roman": "yàomìng",
          "word": "要命"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "半小死"
        },
        {
          "word": "半囝"
        },
        {
          "word": "半倒死"
        }
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bannsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban xi`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban⁴ xi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoarsie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半死"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bànsǐbùhuó",
      "word": "半死不活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bànsǐ bànhuó",
      "word": "半死半活"
    }
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        "to be half-dead"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bannsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban xi`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban⁴ xi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoarsie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半死"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "半死",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be tired as hell",
          "roman": "lěi de bànsǐ",
          "text": "累得半死",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be scared out of one's wits",
          "roman": "xià de bànsǐ",
          "text": "嚇得半死/吓得半死",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verbal",
          "verbal#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival#English"
        ],
        [
          "complement",
          "complement#English"
        ],
        [
          "severity",
          "severity#English"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action#English"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bànsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bannsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban xi`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban⁴ xi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoarsie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ si³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yàomìng",
      "word": "要命"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半小死"
    },
    {
      "word": "半囝"
    },
    {
      "word": "半倒死"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半死"
}

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