不知死活

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	life or death; fate; simply life or death; fate; simply; anyway; would do something no matter what
trad. (不知死活)		不知	死活
simp. #(不知死活)		不知	死活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīsǐhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ sei² wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīsǐhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihsǐhhuó
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-ssŭ³-huo²
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-sž-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujysyyhwo
    • Palladius: бучжисыхо (bučžisyxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ sei² wut⁶
    • Yale: bāt jī séi wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ sei² wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ séi² wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

不知死活

1. to act recklessly; to do something regardless of danger

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 毋知死, 毋知死活