朝不保夕

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	not; no	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	dusk; evening
trad. (朝不保夕)		朝	不	保	夕
simp. #(朝不保夕)		朝	不	保	夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāobùbǎoxī, zhāobùbǎoxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāobùbǎoxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaobùbǎosi
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi¹
    • Yale: jāu-bù-bǎu-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaububaoshi
    • Palladius: чжаобубаоси (čžaobubaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāobùbǎoxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaobùbǎosì
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: jāu-bù-bǎu-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaububaoshih
    • Palladius: чжаобубаоси (čžaobubaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶
    • Yale: jīu bāt bóu jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ bat⁷ bou² dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ bed¹ bou² jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

Idiom

朝不保夕

1. to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.)