不眠不休

Chinese

		not; no	sleep	not; no	to rest
simp. and trad. (不眠不休)		不	眠	不	休
Literally: “no sleep no rest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmiánbùxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ min⁴ bat¹ jau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-bîn-put-hiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmiánbùxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmiánbùsiou
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-mien²-pu⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: bù-myán-bù-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumianbushiou
    • Palladius: бумяньбусю (bumjanʹbusju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ min⁴ bat¹ jau¹
    • Yale: bāt mìhn bāt yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ min⁴ bat⁷ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ min⁴ bed¹ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bîn-put-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: put-bîn-put-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putbinputhiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ bin¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

不眠不休

1. to toil without taking a break to rest or sleep