粵

死sei2人jan4

sei2 jan4sǐ rén

English

  1. dead person
  2. (adjective) 1. damned; 2. (adverb) 1. Damn!; 2. Shit!
  3. used to express disdain for something; god-damned; freaking; literally: dead person
  4. dead person; the dead
  5. (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 加喺名詞前面,用嚟表達對嗰樣嘢嘅怨恨
  2. 死咗、過咗身、唔再生存嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 攰死人喇!

    I am tired!

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 死人先守到秘密。

    Only the dead can keep secrets.

  • 佢把死人聲真係好煩厭。

    Her freaking voice is so annoying.

  • 我唔想發埋呢啲死人財。

    I don't want to make money off dead people.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你痴咗線呀?會死人㗎!

    Are you crazy? You're gonna get killed!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 嚇死人咩!無啦啦喺後面彈出嚟!

    You scared me! Don't sneak up on me from behind!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢部死人電腦,日日都hang嘅。

    This god-damned computer freezes every day.

  • 啲死人電池應該唔喺呢個死人櫃桶度。

    I don't think that those damn batteries are in this damn drawer.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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