死不瞑目

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to close one's eyes in death; to die content
trad. (死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
simp. #(死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐbùmíngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶ / sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sú-put-bêng-bo̍k / sí-put-bêng-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐbùmíngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhbùmíngmù
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-pu⁴-ming²-mu⁴
    • Yale: sž-bù-míng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybumingmuh
    • Palladius: сыбуминму (sybuminmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶ / sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
    • Yale: séi bāt mìhng muhk / séi bāt míhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² bat⁷ ming⁴ muk⁹ / sei² bat⁷ ming⁵ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² bed¹ ming⁴ mug⁶ / séi² bed¹ ming⁵ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-put-bêng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sú-put-bîng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'putbengbok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-put-bêng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sí-put-bîng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'putbengbok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

死不瞑目

1. 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
Mandarin	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

Antonyms

• 死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)