不眠不休

Chinese

		not; no	sleep	not; no	to rest
simp. and trad. (不眠不休)		不	眠	不	休
Literally: “no sleep no rest”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùmiánbùxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ min⁴ bat¹ jau¹
Min Nan (POJ): put-bîn-put-hiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùmiánbùxiū [Phonetic: 不mián不xiū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùmiánbùsiou
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-mien²-pu⁴-hsiu¹
  - Yale: bù-myán-bù-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumianbushiou
  - Palladius: бумяньбусю (bumjanʹbusju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ min⁴ bat¹ jau¹
  - Yale: bāt mìhn bāt yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ min⁴ bat⁷ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ min⁴ bed¹ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bîn-put-hiu
  - Tâi-lô: put-bîn-put-hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putbinputhiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ bin¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

不眠不休

to toil without taking a break to rest or sleep

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