貪生怕死

Chinese

		greedy	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to be afraid; to fear	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (貪生怕死)		貪	生	怕	死
simp. (贪生怕死)		贪	生	怕	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tānshēngpàsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢㄕㄥㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tānshēngpàsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄕㄥㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tanshengpàsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-shêng¹-pʻa⁴-ssŭ³
  - Yale: tān-shēng-pà-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanshengpahsyy
  - Palladius: таньшэнпасы (tanʹšɛnpasy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²
  - Yale: tāam sāng pa séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ seng¹ pa³ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ sei̯³⁵/

Idiom

貪生怕死

(derogatory) to cravenly cling to life and fear death; to be cowardly and afraid of death

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 惜性命

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