你死我活
Chinese
edityou | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
I; me | to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | ||
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trad. (你死我活) | 你 | 死 | 我 | 活 | |
simp. #(你死我活) | 你 | 死 | 我 | 活 | |
Literally: “you die, I live”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nǐsǐhwǒhuó
- Wade–Giles: ni3-ssŭ3-wo3-huo2
- Yale: nǐ-sž-wǒ-hwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niisyywoohwo
- Palladius: нисывохо (nisyvoxo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: nei5 sei2 ngo5 wut6
- Yale: néih séi ngóh wuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: nei5 sei2 ngo5 wut9
- Guangdong Romanization: néi5 séi2 ngo5 wud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /nei̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wuːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit你死我活
- irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist