活要見人，死要見屍

Chinese
 
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 man; person; people
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 corpse
trad. (活要見人，死要見屍) 活 要 見 人 ， 死 要 見 屍
simp. (活要见人，死要见尸) 活 要 见 人 ， 死 要 见 尸

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo yaw jiann ren, syy yaw jiann shy
      • IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Phrase

活要見人，死要見屍

  1. [we] want to see the person if he/she is alive, and [we] want to see the body if he/she is dead
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