偷生

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (偷生)		偷	生
simp. #(偷生)		偷	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tousheng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tōu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tousheng
    • Palladius: тоушэн (toušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

偷生

1. to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence

Synonyms

• (literary) 借命 (jièmìng)

Derived terms

• 苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)
• 螻蟻尚且偷生／蝼蚁尚且偷生