士可殺不可辱

Chinese

		scholar; warrior; knight	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to kill; to murder; to slaughter	cannot; should not; must not	disgrace; insult
trad. (士可殺不可辱)		士	可	殺	不可	辱
simp. (士可杀不可辱)		士	可	杀	不可	辱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì kě shā bùkě rǔ, shì kě shā bùkě rù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄖㄨˇ, ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ ho² saat³ bat¹ ho² juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì kě shā bùkě rǔ [Phonetic: shìkěshābùkérǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄖㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh kě sha bùkě rǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴ kʻo³ sha¹ pu⁴-kʻo³ ju³
    • Yale: shr̀ kě shā bù-kě rǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh kee sha bukee ruu
    • Palladius: ши кэ ша букэ жу (ši kɛ ša bukɛ žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì kě shā bùkě rù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh kě sha bùkě rù
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴ kʻo³ sha¹ pu⁴-kʻo³ ju⁴
    • Yale: shr̀ kě shā bù-kě rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh kee sha bukee ruh
    • Palladius: ши кэ ша букэ жу (ši kɛ ša bukɛ žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ ho² saat³ bat¹ ho² juk⁶
    • Yale: sih hó saat bāt hó yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ ho² saat⁸ bat⁷ ho² juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ ho² sad³ bed¹ ho² yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² hɔː³⁵ saːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Proverb

士可殺不可辱

1. A scholar would rather die than be humiliated.