草菅人命

Chinese

		something small and insignificant; trifle	human life
trad. (草菅人命)		草菅	人命
simp. ^#(草菅人命)		草菅	人命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎojiānrénmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶ / cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-kan-lîn-bēng / chhó-koan-jîn-bēng / chháu-kan-jîn-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎojiānrénmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎojianrénmìng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chien¹-jên²-ming⁴
  - Yale: tsǎu-jyān-rén-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaojianrenminq
  - Palladius: цаоцзяньжэньмин (caoczjanʹžɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶ / cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
  - Yale: chóu gāan yàhn mihng / chóu gāan yàhn mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶ / tsou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² gan¹ yen⁴ ming⁶ / cou² gan¹ yen⁴ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kaːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ mɪŋ²²/, /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kaːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ mɛːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kan-lîn-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-kan-lîn-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'kanlinbeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-koan-jîn-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-kuan-jîn-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koanjinbeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kan-jîn-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-kan-jîn-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kanjinbeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/

Idiom

草菅人命

to regard human life as if it were as worthless as straw