英年早逝

Chinese

		prime of one's life; youth	to die young; to meet an untimely demise
trad. (英年早逝)		英年	早逝
simp. #(英年早逝)		英年	早逝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngniánzǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ nin⁴ zou² sai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngniánzǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingniánzǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-nien²-tsao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: yīng-nyán-dzǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingniantzaoshyh
    • Palladius: инняньцзаоши (innjanʹczaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ nin⁴ zou² sai⁶
    • Yale: yīng nìhn jóu saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ nin⁴ dzou² sai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ nin⁴ zou² sei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹ t͡sou̯³⁵ sɐi̯²²/

Idiom

英年早逝

1. to pass away at the prime of one's life; to die young