zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

過勞死

简 过劳死 · 繁 過勞死
Mandarin · pinyin guò láo sǐ

Meanings

  1. karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

過
guò · pass, pass through, go across
勞
Look up this written character
死
sǐ · die; dead; death
过
guò · pass, pass through, go across
劳
láo · labor, toil, do manual work
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 過勞死 ↗Words written with 過 ↗Words written with 勞 ↗Words written with 死 ↗Words written with 过 ↗Words written with 劳 ↗

Mandarin tones

4–2–3 · guo4 lao2 si3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

gwo3 lou4 sei2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

  1. to die from overwork

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack