死唔眼閉

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	eye	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct
trad. (死唔眼閉)		死	唔	眼	閉
simp. (死唔眼闭)		死	唔	眼	闭
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² m⁴ ngaan⁵ bai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² m⁴ ngaan⁵ bai³
    • Yale: séi m̀h ngáahn bai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² m⁴ ngaan⁵ bai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² m⁴ ngan⁵ bei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ m̩²¹ ŋaːn¹³ pɐi̯³³/

Idiom

死唔眼閉

1. (Cantonese) to die with a grievance or regret

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 死不瞑目 (“to die with a grievance or regret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		死不瞑目
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	死不瞑目
	Singapore	死不瞑目
Cantonese	Guangzhou	死唔眼閉
	Hong Kong	死唔眼閉
Southern Min	Xiamen	死毋瞌目, 死目毋願瞌
	Quanzhou	死目毋願瞌
	Zhangzhou	死目毋願瞌