梧桐半死

Chinese

		Chinese parasol tree	to be half-dead
trad. (梧桐半死)		梧桐	半死
simp. #(梧桐半死)		梧桐	半死
Literally: “the tung tree is half-dead”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wútóngbànsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wútóngbànsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wútóngbànsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-tʻung²-pan⁴-ssŭ³
    • Yale: wú-túng-bàn-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutorngbannsyy
    • Palladius: утунбаньсы (utunbanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

梧桐半死

1. to have lost a spouse; to be a widow or widower