# 尋死
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xúnsǐ, xínsǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ, ㄒㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cínsiǐ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cam$^4$ sei$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìm-sí
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zhin-shi / $^2$zin-si$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xúnsǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsǐh
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$-ssŭ$^3$
*** Yale: syún-sž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunsyy
*** Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xínsǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sínsǐh
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^2$-ssŭ$^3$
*** Yale: syín-sž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shynsyy
*** Palladius: синьсы (sinʹsy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: cínsiǐ
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cin$^2$ sii$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰĩ²⁴ sz̩¹¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cam$^4$ sei$^2$
*** Yale: chàhm séi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsam$^4$ sei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cem$^4$ séi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐm²¹ sei̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-sí
*** Hakka Romanization System: qim$^ˇ$ xi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qim$^2$ xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhin-shi
*** MiniDict: zhin$^去$ shi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxin-xi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² ɕi⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$zin-si$_3$
*** MiniDict: zin$^平$ si$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zin²² si³³/

### Verb

尋死
* to commit suicide (or attempt it)
* to court death

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 尋短, 尋短見, 自尋短見, 輕生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 自殺, 尋短兒, 尋拙志 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 自殺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 自殺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尋短見, 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 自殺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 自盡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尋死 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋短見 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 自縊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 自殺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 尋死 |
| Jin | Linhe | 自殺 |
| Jin | Jining | 自殺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 自殺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 自殺 |
| Jin | Handan | 自殺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 行短路, 自殺, 自盡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 行短路 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 自盡 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 自盡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 尋短見 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 自殺, 尋死路, 尋死, 尋短見 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 自家尋死 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋死路, 自殺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 自盡, 尋死 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋死 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 自殺 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋短路 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 尋路, 尋短 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 自殺 |
* (court death): 找死 (zhǎosǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 尋死覓活／寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)