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死八婆sei2 baat3 po4(curse language) to revile someone as a bitch死冤sei2 jyun1to pester incessantly; to cling to obstinately; to make insistent demands from somebody; to squabble endlessly over trivial matters死剩把口sei2 zing6 baa2 hau2describes a person who is very argumentative, not admitting defeat despite not having anything solid to back it up; to describe someone who is good for nothing but only knows how to talk死口咬實sei2 hau2 ngaau5 sat6to insist ; stick ; cling to one's view死咁sei2 gam3(adjective) nearly dead死咕咕sei2 gu1 gu1inflexible; boring (spoken)死咗條心sei2 zo2 tiu4 sam1(verb) give up; surrender死唔去sei2 m4 heoi3(verb) not dead yet死唔斷氣sei2 m4 tyun5 hei3(curse language) to revile someone gasps before dead.死唔眼閉sei2 m4 ngaan5 bai3to die with grief (spoken)死啦sei2 laa1oh hell; oh shit (spoken)死女包sei2 neoi2 baau1a rough way to call the daughter 'a bad girl' by the parent(s)死妹釘sei2 mui1 deng1a crude way to address a young female who has done something wrong or terrible死實sei2 sat6irreversible; irrecoverable; cannot change死屍sei2 si1one not willing to move (Cantonese slang)死得其所sei2 dak1 kei4 so2(proverb) worthy of death or worthy sacrifice死得眼閉sei2 dak1 ngaan5 bai3to die happy; to die with their mind at peace死心不息sei2 sam1 bat1 sik1the spirit of never giving up; refusing to give up死性不改sei2 sing3 bat1 goi2stubborn characteristics (idiom)死慳死抵sei2 haan1 sei2 dai2to go through extreme measures to save money死撐sei2 caang1persist on one's action even knowing it's wrong (spoken)死擂sei2 leoi4work oneself to death; work extremely hard死於sei2 jyu1to die of; to die from死橋si2 kiu4bad or cheeky idea (spoken)死死下sei2 sei2 haa6the feeling of being exhausted and; or struggle in doing something; feeling half-dead; dejected死死吓sei2 sei2 haa2(adjective) struggling; suffering; moribund死死地氣sei2 sei2 dei6 hei3to be forced into doing something unwillingly (spoken)死死氣sei2 sei2 hei3to be forced into doing something unwillingly (spoken)死氣喉sei2 hei3 hau4exhaust pipe死火山sei2 fo2 saan1extinct volcano死火sei2 fo2(adjective) (of car) broke down; (verb) to break down or to stall (usually referring to a car ; engine ; machinery); (of a situation) a held up; to come to a standstill; (interjection) "Oh no!" "Uh-oh!"死灰sei2 fui1ashes; dying embers