生不如死

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (生不如死)		生	不如	死
simp. #(生不如死)		生	不如	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngbùrúsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngbùrúsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengbùrúsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-pu⁴-ju²-ssŭ³
    • Yale: shēng-bù-rú-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengburusyy
    • Palladius: шэнбужусы (šɛnbužusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ sei²
    • Yale: sāng bāt yùh séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ bat⁷ jy⁴ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ bed¹ yu⁴ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ sei̯³⁵/

Idiom

生不如死

1. would rather be dead than alive; living hell