忍辱偷生

Chinese

		to endure humiliation	to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence
trad. (忍辱偷生)		忍辱	偷生
simp. #(忍辱偷生)		忍辱	偷生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěnrǔtōushēng, rěnrùtōushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ, ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěnrǔtōushēng [Phonetic: rénrǔtōushēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěnrǔtousheng
    • Wade–Giles: jên³-ju³-tʻou¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: rěn-rǔ-tōu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruutousheng
    • Palladius: жэньжутоушэн (žɛnʹžutoušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěnrùtōushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěnrùtousheng
    • Wade–Giles: jên³-ju⁴-tʻou¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: rěn-rù-tōu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruhtousheng
    • Palladius: жэньжутоушэн (žɛnʹžutoušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹
    • Yale: yán yuhk tāu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² juk⁹ tau¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yug⁶ teo¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

忍辱偷生

1. to endure humiliation in order to remain alive