起死回生

Chinese

		to bring the dead back to life	to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice; to become rusty
trad. (起死回生)		起死	回生
simp. ^#(起死回生)		起死	回生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐsǐhuíshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsǐhuíshēng [Phonetic: qísǐhuíshēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsǐhhuéisheng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ssŭ³-hui²-shêng¹
  - Yale: chǐ-sž-hwéi-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisyyhweisheng
  - Palladius: цисыхуэйшэн (cisyxuejšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: héi séi wùih sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² séi² wui⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

起死回生

(chiefly of a medical doctor) to bring the dying back to life; to turn around a hopeless situation
- 相公一片熱腸救你，那指望報答？但願你此去，改行從善，莫負相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  相公一片热肠救你，那指望报答？但愿你此去，改行从善，莫负相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1627, Feng Menglong, 醒世恆言 (Stories to Awaken the World)
  Xiànggōng yīpiàn rècháng jiù nǐ, nǎ zhǐwàng bàodá? Dànyuàn nǐ cǐ qù, gǎixíng cóngshàn, mò fù xiànggōng qǐsǐhuíshēng zhī dé! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	死	回	生
き Grade: 3	し Grade: 3	かい Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きしかいせー [kíꜜshìkàìsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) きしかいせー [kìshíꜜkàìsèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɕika̠ise̞ː]

Noun

起(き)死(し)回(かい)生(せい) • (kishikaisei)

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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