半死不活

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (半死不活)		半	死	不	活
simp. #(半死不活)		半	死	不	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànsǐbùhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànsǐbùhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsǐhbùhuó
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-huo²
    • Yale: bàn-sž-bù-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannsyybuhwo
    • Palladius: баньсыбухо (banʹsybuxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶
    • Yale: bun séi bāt wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ séi² bed¹ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

半死不活

1. half-dead; more dead than alive

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 半生死
• (Hokkien) 半條命／半条命, 欲死欲死