見死不救

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to save; to assist; to rescue
trad. (見死不救)		見	死	不	救
simp. (见死不救)		见	死	不	救

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànsǐbùjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ sei² bat¹ gau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-sú-put-kiù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànsǐbùjiù [Phonetic: jiànsǐbújiù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsǐhbùjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-sž-bù-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannsyybujiow
    • Palladius: цзяньсыбуцзю (czjanʹsybuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ sei² bat¹ gau³
    • Yale: gin séi bāt gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ sei² bat⁷ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ séi² bed¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-sú-put-kiù
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-sú-put-kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernsw'putkiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²¹/

Idiom

見死不救

1. to neglect a dying person and not rescue him or her
2. (figuratively) to neglect a person in danger and not assist him or her