一息尚存

Chinese

		one breath; in one breath; in a short moment	still; yet; to value still; yet; to value; to esteem	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
simp. and trad. (一息尚存)		一息	尚	存

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxīshàngcún, yīxíshàngcún

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ, ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sik¹ soeng⁶ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxīshàngcún [Phonetic: yìxīshàngcún]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisishàngcún
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsi¹-shang⁴-tsʻun²
    • Yale: yī-syī-shàng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishishanqtswen
    • Palladius: исишанцунь (isišancunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxíshàngcún [Phonetic: yìxíshàngcún]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisíshàngcún
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsi²-shang⁴-tsʻun²
    • Yale: yī-syí-shàng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyishanqtswen
    • Palladius: исишанцунь (isišancunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sik¹ soeng⁶ cyun⁴
    • Yale: yāt sīk seuhng chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sik⁷ soeng⁶ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xig¹ sêng⁶ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ sœːŋ²² t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit sik dzyangH dzwon

Rime
Character	一	息	尚	存
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)	常 (25)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	職 (134)	陽 (105)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	I
Fanqie	於悉切	相即切	時亮切	徂尊切
Baxter	'jit	sik	dzyangH	dzwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/	/d͡zuən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiɐŋH/	/d͡zuon/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/siek̚/	/d͡ʑiɑŋH/	/d͡zuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/sik̚/	/d͡ʑɨaŋH/	/d͡zwən/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/siək̚/	/ʑiaŋH/	/d͡zuən/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/sĭək̚/	/ʑĭaŋH/	/d͡zuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/si̯ək̚/	/ʑi̯aŋH/	/d͡zʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	xi	shàng	cún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	sik1	soeng6	cyun4

Idiom

一息尚存

1. so long as one still has a breath left; till one's last gasp

   我只要一息尚存，就要努力為黨工作。 [MSC, trad.]
   我只要一息尚存，就要努力为党工作。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhǐyào yīxīshàngcún, jiùyào nǔlì wèi Dǎng gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

   I'll work hard for the Party as long as I live.