死宅

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	residence
trad. (死宅)		死	宅
simp. #(死宅)		死	宅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐzhái

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄓㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐzhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄓㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhjhái
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chai²
    • Yale: sž-jái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyjair
    • Palladius: сычжай (syčžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

死宅

1. (neologism, slang, derogatory) one who is incorrigibly homebound and has an obsessive interest in games, movies, anime, manga, etc.

Related terms

• 御宅族 (yùzháizú, “otaku”)
• weeaboo