不死不活

Chinese

		to live forever; to be immortal	not; no	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (不死不活)		不死	不	活
simp. #(不死不活)		不死	不	活
Literally: “neither dead nor alive”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùsǐ bùhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sei² bat¹ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùsǐ bùhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsǐh bùhuó
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ssŭ³ pu⁴-huo²
    • Yale: bù-sž bù-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busyy buhwo
    • Palladius: бусы бухо (busy buxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sei² bat¹ wut⁶
    • Yale: bāt séi bāt wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ séi² bed¹ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

不死不活

1. half-dead; lifeless; lethargic

Synonyms

• 不死不生