半死不活

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (半死不活)		半	死	不	活
simp. ^#(半死不活)		半	死	不	活

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànsǐbùhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànsǐbùhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànsǐhbùhuó
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-huo²
  - Yale: bàn-sž-bù-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannsyybuhwo
  - Palladius: баньсыбухо (banʹsybuxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶
  - Yale: bun séi bāt wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ séi² bed¹ wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

半死不活

half-dead; more dead than alive

Synonyms

(Hakka) 半生死
(Hokkien) 半條命／半条命, 欲死欲死

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