死性不改

Chinese

		standardized; hardened; fixed standardized; hardened; fixed; hard to modify
trad. (死性不改)		死性	不改
simp. #(死性不改)		死性	不改

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐxìngbùgǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sing³ bat¹ goi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxìngbùgǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsìngbùgǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsing⁴-pu⁴-kai³
    • Yale: sž-syìng-bù-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshinqbugae
    • Palladius: сысинбугай (sysinbugaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² sing³ bat¹ goi²
    • Yale: séi sing bāt gói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sing³ bat⁷ goi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² xing³ bed¹ goi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/

Phrase

死性不改

1. to be too stubborn to change a bad habit