死性不改

Chinese

		standardized; hardened; fixed standardized; hardened; fixed; hard to modify
trad. (死性不改)		死性	不改
simp. ^#(死性不改)		死性	不改

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐxìngbùgǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sing³ bat¹ goi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxìngbùgǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsìngbùgǎi
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsing⁴-pu⁴-kai³
  - Yale: sž-syìng-bù-gǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshinqbugae
  - Palladius: сысинбугай (sysinbugaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² sing³ bat¹ goi²
  - Yale: séi sing bāt gói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sing³ bat⁷ goi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² xing³ bed¹ goi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/

Phrase

死性不改

to be too stubborn to change a bad habit

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