活該
See also: 活该
Chinese
    
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship  | 
that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe  | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (活該) | 活 | 該 | |
| simp. (活该) | 活 | 该 | |
Pronunciation
    
Interjection
    
活該
- (colloquial) You deserve it.
 
Synonyms
    
	Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words | 
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活該 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 活該, 死好 | 
| Harbin | 活該 | |
| Luoyang | 活該 | |
| Xi'an | 活該 | |
| Singapore | 活該 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 抵死 | 
| Hong Kong | 抵死 | |
| Taishan | 抵死 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | 
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 該然, 該死, 死好 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活該 | 
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 該死 | 
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 合該, 合該然 | 
| Taichung | 應該, 死好, 三好加一好 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 該死 | 
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