你死我活

Chinese

		you	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	I; me	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (你死我活)		你	死	我	活
simp. #(你死我活)		你	死	我	活
Literally: “you die, I live”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐsǐwǒhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐsǐwǒhuó [Phonetic: nísíwǒhuó]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐsǐhwǒhuó
    • Wade–Giles: ni³-ssŭ³-wo³-huo²
    • Yale: nǐ-sž-wǒ-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niisyywoohwo
    • Palladius: нисывохо (nisyvoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁶
    • Yale: néih séi ngóh wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ sei² ngo⁵ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ séi² ngo⁵ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

你死我活

1. irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist

   拼個你死我活／拼个你死我活  ―  pīn ge nǐsǐwǒhuó  ―  to fight to the bitter end