坐以待斃

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.)	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to await death; to be a sitting duck
trad. (坐以待斃)		坐	以	待斃
simp. (坐以待毙)		坐	以	待毙
Literally: “to sit and wait for one's death”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòyǐdàibì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòyǐdàibì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyǐdàibì
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-i³-tai⁴-pi⁴
  - Yale: dzwò-yǐ-dài-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyiidaybih
  - Palladius: цзоидайби (czoidajbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶
  - Yale: joh yíh doih baih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶ bei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² jiː¹³ tɔːi̯²² pɐi̯²²/

Idiom

坐以待斃

to do nothing in face of peril or impending disasters

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