見死不救

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to save; to assist; to rescue
trad. (見死不救)		見	死	不	救
simp. (见死不救)		见	死	不	救

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànsǐbùjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ sei² bat¹ gau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-sú-put-kiù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànsǐbùjiù [Phonetic: jiànsǐbújiù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsǐhbùjiòu
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-chiu⁴
  - Yale: jyàn-sž-bù-jyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannsyybujiow
  - Palladius: цзяньсыбуцзю (czjanʹsybuczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ sei² bat¹ gau³
  - Yale: gin séi bāt gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ sei² bat⁷ gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ séi² bed¹ geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-sú-put-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-sú-put-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernsw'putkiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²¹/

Idiom

見死不救

to neglect a dying person and not rescue him or her
(figuratively) to neglect a person in danger and not assist him or her

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