行屍走肉

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	corpse	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	meat; flesh
trad. (行屍走肉/行尸走肉)		行	屍/尸	走	肉
simp. (行尸走肉)		行	尸	走	肉
alternative forms		走肉行屍／走肉行尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshīzǒuròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕ ㄗㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶, haang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshīzǒuròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕ ㄗㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshihzǒuròu
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shih¹-tsou³-jou⁴
    • Yale: syíng-shr̄-dzǒu-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshytzoourow
    • Palladius: синшицзоужоу (sinšiczoužou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶, haang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶
    • Yale: hàhng sī jáu yuhk, hàahng sī jáu yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ si¹ dzau² juk⁹, haang⁴ si¹ dzau² juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xi¹ zeo² yug⁶, hang⁴ xi¹ zeo² yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/, /haːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Idiom

行屍走肉

1. walking corpse; walking dead; zombie
2. (figurative) layabout; idler; person who lives only on the material level