死去活來

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to go; to leave; to remove	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	to come
trad. (死去活來)		死	去	活	來
simp. (死去活来)		死	去	活	来
Literally: “to hover between life and death”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐqùhuólái

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐqùhuólái
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcyùhuólái
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻü⁴-huo²-lai²
    • Yale: sž-chyù-hwó-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychiuhhwolai
    • Palladius: сыцюйхолай (sycjujxolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴
    • Yale: séi heui wuht lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² hoey³ wut⁹ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² hêu³ wud⁶ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³ wuːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹/

Idiom

死去活來

1. to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life

   哭得死去活來／哭得死去活来  ―  kū dé sǐqùhuólái  ―  to cry one's heart out

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 欲死欲活