區別詞
加喺名詞前面，用嚟表達對嗰樣嘢嘅怨恨 god-damned; freaking; literally: dead people
呢部死人電腦，日日都hang嘅。
呢部死人电脑，日日都hang嘅。
ni1 bou6 sei2 jan4 din6 nou5, jat6 jat6 dou1 heng1 ge3. This god-damned computer freezes every day.
名詞
死咗、過咗身、唔再生存嘅人（量詞：個） dead person; the dead
死人先守到秘密。
死人先守到秘密。
sei2 jan4 sin1 sau2 dou2 bei3 mat6. Only the dead can keep secrets.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
corpse (Classifier: 個／个)
noun
dead person (Classifier: 個／个)
街上躺着個死人，這不警察剛到。
街上躺着个死人，这不警察刚到。
jiē shàng tǎng zhe ge sǐ rén ， zhè bù jǐng chá gāng dào ． A dead person is lying on the road, and the police has just arrived.
noun, colloquial, humorous, often
unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch (Classifier: 個／个)
你這個死人死到哪裏去了，打手機也不接。
你这个死人死到哪里去了，打手机也不接。
nǐ zhè ge sǐ rén sǐ dào nǎ lǐ qù le ， dǎ shǒu jī yě bù jiē ． Where the hell have you been? Why are you not answering my calls? (said by wife)
adv
(analysable as 死 (sǐ, “intensifying adverb”) + 人 (rén, “person”)) to death; to be ... enough to make people die, an intensifying suffix; an augmented form of "adj. + 人" phrases (usually expressing frustration, discomfort, surprise)
這幫小孩真能氣死人。
这帮小孩真能气死人。
zhè bāng xiǎo hái zhēn néng qì sǐ rén ． This group of kids is truly a headache.
兒子整天琢磨怎麼追到女朋友，心思根本不在學習上，真愁死人了。
儿子整天琢磨怎么追到女朋友，心思根本不在学习上，真愁死人了。
ér zǐ zhěng tiān zhuó mó zěn me zhuī dào nǚ péng yǒu ， xīn sī gēn běn bù zài xué xí shàng ， zhēn chóu sǐ rén le ． My son is thinking about ways to pursue a girlfriend all day; his mind is just not on studying at all. It's worrying me to death.
搵死人
揾死人
wan2 sei2 jan4 a huge pain in the ass to find
adv, Hokkien, Mainland-China
very; rather; quite
adv, Gan
very; really; badly (placed after the adjective) (syn.) 死死, 得很
He spent only eight years behind bars for arson and killing two people in process. He even immigrated to Hong Kong and started a restaurant. Such a lack of divine retribution!