活要見人，死要見屍

See also: 活要见人，死要见尸

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	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	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	corpse
trad. (活要見人，死要見屍)		活	要	見	人	，	死	要	見	屍
simp. (活要见人，死要见尸)		活	要	见	人	，	死	要	见	尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huó yào jiàn rén, sǐh yào jiàn shih
    • Wade–Giles: huo² yao⁴ chien⁴ jên², ssŭ³ yao⁴ chien⁴ shih¹
    • Yale: hwó yàu jyàn rén-, sž yàu jyàn shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo yaw jiann ren, syy yaw jiann shy
    • Palladius: хо яо цзянь жэнь, сы яо цзянь ши (xo jao czjanʹ žɛnʹ, sy jao czjanʹ ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Phrase

活要見人，死要見屍

1. [we] want to see the person if he/she is alive, and [we] want to see the body if he/she is dead