生死未卜

Chinese

		to live and die; life-and-death	have not yet divined; to be unknown; to be uncertain have not yet divined; to be unknown; to be uncertain; to be precarious
trad. (生死未卜)		生死	未卜
simp. ^#(生死未卜)		生死	未卜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngsǐwèibǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄙˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngsǐwèibǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄙˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengsǐhwèibǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ssŭ³-wei⁴-pu³
  - Yale: shēng-sž-wèi-bǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsyyweybuu
  - Palladius: шэнсывэйбу (šɛnsyvɛjbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk¹
  - Yale: sāng séi meih būk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ séi² méi⁶ bug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ mei̯²² pʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

生死未卜

it's hard to tell whether the person is alive or not; whether the person is alive or dead remains unknown

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