活不見人死不見屍

Chinese

 
to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
not; no
 
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
not; no
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
corpse
trad. (活不見人死不見屍)
simp. (活不见人死不见尸)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huó bù jiàn rén sǐ bù jiàn shī
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): wut6 bat1 gin3 jan4 sei2 bat1 gin3 si1

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: huó bù jiàn rén sǐ bù jiàn shī [Phonetic: huó jiàn rén sǐ jiàn shī]
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: huó bù jiàn rén sǐh bù jiàn shih
      • Wade–Giles: huo2 pu4 chien4 jên2 ssŭ3 pu4 chien4 shih1
      • Yale: hwó bù jyàn rén sž bù jyàn shr̄
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo bu jiann ren syy bu jiann shy
      • Palladius: хо бу цзянь жэнь сы бу цзянь ши (xo bu czjanʹ žɛnʹ sy bu czjanʹ ši)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Verb

活不見人死不見屍

  1. to be missing; to have disappeared (of people)
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