# 死人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sǐrén
       (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыжын (sɨřɨn, II-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sei$^2$ jan$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-ngìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): sī-nè̤ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sí-lâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): si$^2$ nang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sǐrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhrén
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^3$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: sž-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyren
*** Palladius: сыжэнь (syžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыжын (sɨřɨn, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹ ʐəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^2$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: séi yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^2$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^2$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˋ$ ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^3$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si³¹ ŋin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sī-nè̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /si³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: sí-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sylaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: si$^2$ nang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí nâng
*** Sinological IPA : /si⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sijX nyin
Rime :
| Character | 死 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 息姊切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | sijX | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sˠiɪ$^X$/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sᵚi$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɪ$^X$/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sji$^X$/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /sji$^X$/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /si$^X$/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si$^X$/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sǐ | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | si$^2$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sijʔ ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljiʔ njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 死 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sǐ | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sij$^X$ › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*sijʔ/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | die (v.) | (other) person |
| 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 | 死 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12006 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 死 | 人 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 死 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljiʔ/ | /*njin/ |

#### Noun

死人
* dead person (Classifier: 個／个)
       Jiē shàng tǎng zhe ge sǐrén, zhè bù jǐngchá gāng dào. [Pinyin]
       A dead person is lying on the road, and the police has just arrived.
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Dàolù yǒu sǐrén. [Pinyin]
    There're dead persons on the road.
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Xíng yǒu sǐrén, shàng huò jìn zhī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* corpse (Classifier: 個／个)
* (colloquial, slightly vulgar, often humorous) unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch (Classifier: 個／个)
       Nǐ zhège sǐrén sǐ dào nǎlǐ qù le, dǎ shǒujī yě bù jiē. [Pinyin]
       Where the hell have you been? Why are you not answering my calls? (said by wife)

##### Synonyms

* (dead person):
* 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
* 亡者 (wángzhě) (literary)
* 往生者 (wǎngshēngzhě) (Buddhism, euphemism)
* 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
* 死者 (sǐzhě)
* 瓜碼子 / 瓜码子 (gua$^1$ ma$^3$ zr) (Xiang)
* 聖人 / 圣人 (Hokkien, euphemism)
* 逝者 (shìzhě) (literary)
* (corpse):
* 大體 / 大体 (dàtǐ) (Taiwan, polite)
* 屍身 / 尸身 (shīshēn)
* 屍首 / 尸首
* 屍骨 / 尸骨 (shīgǔ)
* 屍骸 / 尸骸 (shīhái)
* 屍體 / 尸体 (shītǐ)
* 死屍 / 死尸 (sǐshī)
* 遺骸 / 遗骸 (yíhái) (remains)
* 遺體 / 遗体 (yítǐ) (remains)
* 骸骨 (háigǔ) (skeletal remains)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 屍 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 屍體, 大體 polite |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 遺體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 遺體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 遺體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 遺體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 屍體 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 屍首 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 遺體, 屍首 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 遺體 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 屍首, 屍體 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 屍體, 屍首 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屍首, 遺體 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 屍首兒, 死屍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 屍體 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屍首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 屍首兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 屍首, 遺體 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 屍體 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 遺體, 死屍, 屍體 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 埋體 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 埋體 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 遺體, 屍體, 埋體 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 屍首, 遺體 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 遺體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 屍體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 遺體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屍首, 屍體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 遺體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 遺體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 遺體 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 死屍, 屍首 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屍首, 遺體 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 遺體 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 遺體 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屍骸, 死屍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屍體, 死屍, 屍 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屍身 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 死屍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屍首, 死佬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 死屍 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屍體, 屍首, 身屍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屍首, 死屍 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 遺體, 死屍 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屍體 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 死人, 死骨劣兒子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 屍首 |
| Jin | Jining | 遺體 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 遺體 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 遺體, 屍首 |
| Jin | Handan | 遺體 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 死人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 死儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 身屍, 死儂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 身屍, 屍首, 死屍 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 身屍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 死屍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 屍體 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 死屍, 屍體 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 死屍 |
| Wu | Danyang | 死屍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 死人, 死屍 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 死屍, 死人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屍, 屍骸 |

##### Derived terms

* 死人厝 (sí-lâng-chhù)
* 死人骨頭 / 死人骨头
* 發死人財 / 发死人财 (fā sǐrén cái)

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 死(し)人(にん) (shinin)

#### Verb

死⫽人 (verb-object)
* (impersonal) a person dies
       Gōngchǎng lǐ yòu sǐrén la. [Pinyin]
       Another person has died in the factory.
* (usually in exaggerations) to make people die; to be dangerous
       Zhèyàng zuò huì sǐrén de. [Pinyin]
       Someone might die if you do it this way.
       Zhè dōngxi chī le yòu bùhuì sǐrén, pà shénme. [Pinyin]
       What are you afraid of? Eating this stuff won't kill you.

##### Synonyms

* (to die):
* 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
* 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
* 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
* 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
* 亡
* 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
* 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
* 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
* 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
* 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
* 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
* 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
* 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
* 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
* 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
* 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
* 去世 (qùshì)
* 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
* 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
* 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
* 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
* 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
* 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
* 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
* 壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
* 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
* 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
* 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
* 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
* 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
* 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
* 故 (gù)
* 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
* 早死 (zǎosǐ)
* 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
* 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
* 歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
* 歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
* 歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
* 死 (sǐ)
* 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
* 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
* 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
* 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
* 死脫 / 死脱 ($^5$shi-theq) (Wu)
* 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
* 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
* 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
* 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
* 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
* 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
* 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
* 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
* 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
* 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
* 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
* 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
* 百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
* 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
* 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
* 翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
* 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
* 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
* 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
* 被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
* 見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
* 見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
* 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
* 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
* 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
* 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
* 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
* 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
* 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
* 逝世 (shìshì)
* 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
* 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
* 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
* 過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
* 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
* 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
* 長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
* 離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
* 駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
* 駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
* 龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

##### Derived terms

* 死人冧樓 / 死人冧楼

#### Adjective

死人
* (Cantonese, vulgar) damn; wretched; stupid; goddamn
       go$^2$ zi$^1$ sei$^2$ jan$^4$ jyun$^4$ zi$^2$ bat$^1$ sei$^2$ zo$^2$ heoi$^3$ bin$^1$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Where's that goddamn pen?
* (Cantonese) awful
** 1957, 王力, “穗語舉例（三）·血的教訓（續）”, in 廣東話淺說, 1st edition, 文字改革出版社, page 104:
       jyu$^4$ gwo$^2$ m$^4$ hai$^6$ gam$^1$ jat$^6$ caak$^3$ cyun$^1$ nei$^5$ lung$^5$ je$^5$, bei$^2$ nei$^5$ wan$^6$ zo$^2$ jap$^6$ seoi$^3$ guk$^{6-2}$ zung$^6$ sei$^2$ jan$^4$ aa$^3$! [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

* (damn): (Mandarin) 該死／该死 (gāisǐ)
* (awful): 死 (sǐ), (Mandarin) 糟糕 (zāogāo)

#### Adverb

死人
* (analysable as 死 (sǐ, “intensifying adverb”) + 人 (rén, “person”)) to death; to be ... enough to make people die, an intensifying suffix; an augmented form of "adj. + 人" phrases (usually expressing frustration, discomfort, surprise) (Should we delete this sense?)
       Zhè bāng xiǎohái zhēn néng qì sǐ rén. [Pinyin]
       This group of kids is truly a headache.
       Érzǐ zhěngtiān zhuómó zěnme zhuī dào nǚpéngyǒu, xīnsī gēnběn bù zài xuéxí shàng, zhēn chóu sǐ rén le. [Pinyin]
       My son is thinking about ways to pursue a girlfriend all day; his mind is just not on studying at all. It's worrying me to death.
    搵死人／揾死人 [Cantonese] ― wan$^2$ sei$^2$ jan$^4$ [Jyutping] ― a huge pain in the ass to find
* (Mainland China Hokkien) very; rather; quite

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野, 萬代 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 全成 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Gan (Wiktionary): si nyin$^4$
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: si nyin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩ n̠ʲin³⁵/

#### Adverb

死人
* (Gan) very; really; badly (placed after the adjective)

##### Synonyms

* 得很 (dehěn)
* (Hokkien) 死死 (sǐsǐ)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 死 | 人 |
| し Grade: 3 | にん Grade: 1 |
| goon ||
From Middle Chinese 死人 (MC sijX nyin, literally “die, death + person”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しにん [shìníń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕiɲ̟ĩɴ]

#### Noun

死(し)人(にん) • (shinin)
* a dead person, the dead
    (2003) Hellsing vol. 6, chapter 40 最終的な想像 5 (“Final Fantasy 5”), page 59:
       死人(しにん)が喋(しゃべ)るな！
          Shinin ga shaberu na!
          The dead don't speak!

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:死人

##### Idioms

* 死人(し)に口無(んにくちな)し (shinin ni kuchi nashi): “the dead have no mouths” → the dead cannot speak: dead men tell no tales (that is, the dead cannot provide evidence against others); alternatively, the dead cannot speak up if the living blame them for things (the more common sense)
* 死人(し)に妄語(んにもうご) (shinin ni mōgo): “telling lies on a dead person” → to lie and pin the blame on a dead person
* 死人(し)に文言(んにもんごん) (shinin ni mongon): “words at a dead person” → to lie and pin the blame on a dead person
* 死人(しにん)の所(ところ)には必(かなら)ず鬼(おに)あり (shinin no tokoro ni wa kanarazu oni ari): “there are definitely demons around a dead person” → it is bad luck to be around a dead person, as the spirits of the deceased become demons and hang around
* 死人(しにん)を起(お)こして白骨(はっこつ)に肉(にく)す (shinin o okoshite hakkotsu ni nikusu): “to raise the dead and put meat on their bleached bones” → a metaphor for how strongly one feels gratitude and indebtedness to another person, that they would go so far as to bring them back to life
* 死人(しにん)を証拠(しょうこ)にする (shinin o shōko ni suru): “to use a dead person as evidence” → to rely on the actions or speech of someone now dead as evidence, even when it is unclear if the dead person actually did or said those things: to base one's case on shaky grounds

##### Coordinate terms

* 死体(したい) (shitai): a corpse, a dead body

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 死 | 人 |
| し Grade: 3 | ひと > びと Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||
Compound of 死 (shi, “death, dead”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しびと [shìbító] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕibʲito̞]

#### Noun

死(し)人(びと) • (shibito)
* (rare) a dead person, the dead

##### Usage notes

The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese when this term is used in isolation. The shibito reading is common in certain derived compounds.

##### Derived terms

* 死人(しびと)の枕(まくら) (shibito no makura): “dead man's pillow”: alternate name for 靫草 (utsubogusa): Prunella vulgaris, common selfheal or heal-all, an edible herb
* 死人花(しびとばな) (shibitobana): “dead man's flower”: alternate name for 彼岸花 (higanbana): Lycoris radiata, red spider lily or red magic lily, a kind of flower
* 死人色(しびといろ) (shibito iro): “dead person's color”: a deathly pallor, an unhealthy blueish pale color
* 死人草(しびとぐさ) (shibitogusa): “dead man's herb”: alternate name for 彼岸花 (higanbana): Lycoris radiata, red spider lily or red magic lily, a kind of flower
* 死人担(しびとかつぎ) (shibito katsugi): “dead person's carrier” → a pallbearer, someone who helps carry the coffin in a funeral procession
* 死人返(しびとがえり) (shibitogaeri): “dead person's turn-back” → in kabuki, a somersault performed from a standing position, done by a character who has just been killed by a sword

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 死 | 人 |
| し(に) Grade: 3 | ひと > びと Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 死に (shini, “dying, death”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しにびと [shìníbító] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕiɲ̟ibʲito̞]

#### Noun

死(しに)人(びと) • (shinibito)
* (archaic, possibly obsolete) a dead person, the dead

##### Usage notes

The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 死 | 人 |

### Noun

死人 • (sain) (hangeul 사인)
* hanja form of 사인 (“a dead person, the dead”)