生不如死

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (生不如死)		生	不如	死
simp. ^#(生不如死)		生	不如	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngbùrúsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngbùrúsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengbùrúsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-pu⁴-ju²-ssŭ³
  - Yale: shēng-bù-rú-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengburusyy
  - Palladius: шэнбужусы (šɛnbužusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ sei²
  - Yale: sāng bāt yùh séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ bat⁷ jy⁴ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ bed¹ yu⁴ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ sei̯³⁵/

Idiom

生不如死

would rather be dead than alive; living hell

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