痛不欲生

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	not; no	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (痛不欲生)		痛	不	欲	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòngbùyùshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ bat¹ juk⁶ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòngbùyùshēng [Phonetic: tòngbúyùshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòngbùyùsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-pu⁴-yü⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: tùng-bù-yù-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqbuyuhsheng
    • Palladius: тунбуюйшэн (tunbujujšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ bat¹ juk⁶ sang¹
    • Yale: tung bāt yuhk sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ bat⁷ juk⁹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ bed¹ yug⁶ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

痛不欲生

1. to be overwhelmed with grief to the extent that one can not go on living