九死一生
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Chinese
[edit]nine | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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trad. (九死一生) | 九 | 死 | 一 | 生 | |
simp. #(九死一生) | 九 | 死 | 一 | 生 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-sú-it-seng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusǐhyisheng
- Wade–Giles: chiu3-ssŭ3-i1-shêng1
- Yale: jyǒu-sž-yī-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeousyyisheng
- Palladius: цзюсыишэн (czjusyišɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1
- Yale: gáu séi yāt sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 sei2 jat7 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 séi2 yed1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-sú-it-seng
- Tâi-lô: kiú-sú-it-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiwswitsefng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
[edit]九死一生
- narrow escape from death
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