馬革裹屍

Chinese

		horse; surname	leather; remove	wrap around	corpse
trad. (馬革裹屍)		馬	革	裹	屍
simp. (马革裹尸)		马	革	裹	尸
Literally: “to have one's corpse shrouded in horse leather”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎgéguǒshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ gaak³ gwo² si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎgéguǒshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎgéguǒshih
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-ko²-kuo³-shih¹
    • Yale: mǎ-gé-gwǒ-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maagerguooshy
    • Palladius: магэгоши (magɛgoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ gaak³ gwo² si¹
    • Yale: máh gaak gwó sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ gaak⁸ gwo² si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ gag³ guo² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ kaːk̚³ kʷɔː³⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

馬革裹屍 (chengyu)

1. to die in the battlefield (of a soldier)