死去活來

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to go; to leave; to remove	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	to come
trad. (死去活來)		死	去	活	來
simp. (死去活来)		死	去	活	来
Literally: “to hover between life and death”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐqùhuólái

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐqùhuólái
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcyùhuólái
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-chʻü⁴-huo²-lai²
  - Yale: sž-chyù-hwó-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychiuhhwolai
  - Palladius: сыцюйхолай (sycjujxolaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴
  - Yale: séi heui wuht lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² hoey³ wut⁹ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² hêu³ wud⁶ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³ wuːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹/

Idiom

死去活來

to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life
哭得死去活來／哭得死去活来 ― kū dé sǐqùhuólái ― to cry one's heart out

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 欲死欲活

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