活不見人死不見屍

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	man; person; people	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	corpse
trad. (活不見人死不見屍)		活	不	見	人	死	不	見	屍
simp. (活不见人死不见尸)		活	不	见	人	死	不	见	尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huó bù jiàn rén sǐ bù jiàn shī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ bat¹ gin³ jan⁴ sei² bat¹ gin³ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huó bù jiàn rén sǐ bù jiàn shī [Phonetic: huó bú jiàn rén sǐ bú jiàn shī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huó bù jiàn rén sǐh bù jiàn shih
    • Wade–Giles: huo² pu⁴ chien⁴ jên² ssŭ³ pu⁴ chien⁴ shih¹
    • Yale: hwó bù jyàn rén sž bù jyàn shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo bu jiann ren syy bu jiann shy
    • Palladius: хо бу цзянь жэнь сы бу цзянь ши (xo bu czjanʹ žɛnʹ sy bu czjanʹ ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ bat¹ gin³ jan⁴ sei² bat¹ gin³ si¹
    • Yale: wuht bāt gin yàhn séi bāt gin sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ bat⁷ gin³ jan⁴ sei² bat⁷ gin³ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ bed¹ gin³ yen⁴ séi² bed¹ gin³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ jɐn²¹ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

活不見人死不見屍

1. to be missing; to have disappeared (of people)