# 死結
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sǐjié
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sei$^2$ git$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sí-kat / sí-kiat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): si$^2$ gag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shi-ciq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sǐjié
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjié
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^3$-chieh$^2$
*** Yale: sž-jyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjye
*** Palladius: сыцзе (sycze)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sǐjiér
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjiér
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^3$-chieh$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sž-jyér
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjye'l
*** Palladius: сыцзер (syczer)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^2$ git$^3$
*** Yale: séi git
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^2$ git$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^2$ gid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kat
*** Tâi-lô: sí-kat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kad
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kat̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kiat
*** Tâi-lô: sí-kiat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kiad
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛt̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: si$^2$ gag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí kak
*** Sinological IPA : /si⁵²⁻³⁵ kak̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shi-ciq
*** MiniDict: shi$^去$ cih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xi-jiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

死結
* encased knot; fast knot
* (figurative) an issue that defies solution; impasse; intractable problem

#### Synonyms

* (encased knot):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 死結, 死扣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 死結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 死扣兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 死扣兒, 死結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 死扣兒, 死結子, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 死扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 死扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 死扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 死扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 死扣兒 small, 死䙡兒 big |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 死扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 死扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 死扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 死扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 死䙡兒, 死疙瘩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 死扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 死疙瘩, 死䙡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 死扣, 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 死䙡, 死疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 死扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 死䙡兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩, 死䙡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 死扣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 死䙡子, 死疙瘩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 死疙瘩, 死疙瘩兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 死疙瘩兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 死扣子, 死結巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 死扣, 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 死結, 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 死疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 死結巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 死疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 死結兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 死結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 死扣子, 死疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 死扣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 死扣兒, 死結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 死結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 死疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 死疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 死疙瘩, 死結巴, 死結 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 死纈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 死纈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 死卡 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 死纈 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 死縷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 死結 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 死結頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 死瘩結 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 死結 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Datong | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 死䙡子, 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Linhe | 死扣, 死結子, 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Jining | 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 死扣, 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 死扣子, 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 死扣兒, 實疙瘩 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 死扣兒, 死疙瘩 |
| Jin | Handan | 死疙瘩, 死䙡兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 死䙡兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 死疙瘩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 死結 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 死結 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 死結 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 死結 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 死結 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 死結 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 死結 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 死結 |
| Wu | Danyang | 死結 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 死結頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 死結 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 死夾它 |