九死一生
Chinese
editnine | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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trad. (九死一生) | 九 | 死 | 一 | 生 | |
simp. #(九死一生) | 九 | 死 | 一 | 生 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-sú-it-seng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusǐhyisheng
- Wade–Giles: chiu3-ssŭ3-i1-shêng1
- Yale: jyǒu-sž-yī-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeousyyisheng
- Palladius: цзюсыишэн (czjusyišɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1
- Yale: gáu séi yāt sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 sei2 jat7 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 séi2 yed1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-sú-it-seng
- Tâi-lô: kiú-sú-it-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiwswitsefng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
edit九死一生
- narrow escape from death
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||
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九 | 死 | 一 | 生 |
きゅう Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 3 |
いつ > いっ Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit九死一生 • (kyūshi isshō) ←きうしいつしやう (kiusi itusyau)?
- narrow escape from death
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ “九死一生”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
Korean
editHanja in this term | |||
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九 | 死 | 一 | 生 |
Noun
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- Japanese terms spelled with 死 read as し
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