# 送死
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sòngsǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sung$^3$ sei$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sung-sí
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàng-sí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sòngsǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sòngsǐh
*** Wade–Giles: sung$^4$-ssŭ$^3$
*** Yale: sùng-sž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqsyy
*** Palladius: сунсы (sunsy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sung$^3$ sei$^2$
*** Yale: sung séi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sung$^3$ sei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sung$^3$ séi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊŋ³³ sei̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sung-sí
*** Hakka Romanization System: sung xi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sung$^4$ xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /suŋ⁵⁵ si³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-sí
*** Tâi-lô: sàng-sí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sarngsie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: suwngH sijX
Rime :
| Character | 送 | 死 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 蘇弄切 | 息姊切 |
| Baxter | suwngH | sijX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /suŋ$^H$/ | /sˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /suŋ$^H$/ | /sᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /suŋ$^H$/ | /siɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /səwŋ$^H$/ | /sji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /suŋ$^H$/ | /sji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /suŋ$^H$/ | /si$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /suŋ$^H$/ | /si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sòng | sǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sung$^3$ | si$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤoŋ-s sijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sloːŋs hljiʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 送 | 死 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sòng | sǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ suwng$^H$ › | ‹ sij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ˁoŋ-s/ | /*sijʔ/ |
| English | escort (v.), send | die (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 送 | 死 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12062 | 12006 |
| Phonetic component | 送 | 死 |
| Rime group | 東 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 送 | 死 |
| Old Chinese | /*sloːŋs/ | /*hljiʔ/ |

### Verb

送死 (intransitive)
* to court death
* (archaic) to arrange the funeral of one's parents
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǎngshēng zhě bù zú yǐ dàng dàshì, wéi sòngsǐ kě yǐ dàng dàshì. [Pinyin]
    The nourishment of parents when living is not sufficient to be accounted the great thing. It is only in the performing their obsequies when dead that we have what can be considered the great thing.
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Gù shìshēng bù zhōnghòu, bù jìng wén, wèi zhī yě; sòngsǐ bù zhōnghòu, bù jìng wén, wèi zhī jí. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (to court death): 找死 (zhǎosǐ); (Hokkien) 赴死 (fùsǐ)