死穴

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	acupoint
trad. (死穴)		死	穴
simp. ^#(死穴)		死	穴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐxué, sǐxuè

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsyué
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsüeh²
  - Yale: sž-sywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshyue
  - Palladius: сысюэ (sysjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: sž-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshiueh
  - Palladius: сысюэ (sysjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² jyut⁶
  - Yale: séi yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Noun

死穴

(literal) fatal acupoint
(figurative) weak spot which can cause death when struck; fatal weakness; Achilles heel