你死我活

Chinese

		you	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	I; me	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (你死我活)		你	死	我	活
simp. ^#(你死我活)		你	死	我	活
Literally: “you die, I live”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐsǐwǒhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǐsǐwǒhuó [Phonetic: nísíwǒhuó]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐsǐhwǒhuó
  - Wade–Giles: ni³-ssŭ³-wo³-huo²
  - Yale: nǐ-sž-wǒ-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niisyywoohwo
  - Palladius: нисывохо (nisyvoxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁶
  - Yale: néih séi ngóh wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ séi² ngo⁵ wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

你死我活

irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
拼個你死我活／拼个你死我活 ― pīn ge nǐsǐwǒhuó ― to fight to the bitter end

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