百足之蟲,死而不僵
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]millipede; the rich and powerful | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
not; no | rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
trad. (百足之蟲,死而不僵) | 百足之蟲 | , | 死 | 而 | 不 | 僵 | |
simp. (百足之虫,死而不僵) | 百足之虫 | , | 死 | 而 | 不 | 僵 | |
Literally: “a centipede does not topple over even when dead”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄥˊ , ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎizújhihchóng, sǐh-érbùjiang
- Wade–Giles: pai3-tsu2-chih1-chʻung2, ssŭ3-êrh2-pu4-chiang1
- Yale: bǎi-dzú-jr̄-chúng-, sž-ér-bù-jyāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baetzwujychorng, syyerlbujiang
- Palladius: байцзучжичун, сыэрбуцзян (bajczučžičun, syerbuczjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak3 zuk1 zi1 cung4, sei2 ji4 bat1 goeng1
- Yale: baak jūk jī chùhng, séi yìh bāt gēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak8 dzuk7 dzi1 tsung4, sei2 ji4 bat7 goeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: bag3 zug1 ji1 cung4, séi2 yi4 bed1 gêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sei̯³⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]百足之蟲,死而不僵
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese idioms
- Mandarin idioms
- Cantonese idioms
- Chinese chengyu
- Mandarin chengyu
- Cantonese chengyu
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 百
- Chinese terms spelled with 足
- Chinese terms spelled with 之
- Chinese terms spelled with 蟲
- Chinese terms spelled with 死
- Chinese terms spelled with 而
- Chinese terms spelled with 不
- Chinese terms spelled with 僵