貪生怕死

Chinese

		greedy	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to be afraid; to fear	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (貪生怕死)		貪	生	怕	死
simp. (贪生怕死)		贪	生	怕	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānshēngpàsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānshēngpàsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tanshengpàsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-shêng¹-pʻa⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: tān-shēng-pà-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanshengpahsyy
    • Palladius: таньшэнпасы (tanʹšɛnpasy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²
    • Yale: tāam sāng pa séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ seng¹ pa³ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ sei̯³⁵/

Idiom

貪生怕死

1. (derogatory) to cravenly cling to life and fear death; to be cowardly and afraid of death

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 惜性命