不死不活

Chinese

		to live forever; to be immortal	not; no	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (不死不活)		不死	不	活
simp. ^#(不死不活)		不死	不	活
Literally: “neither dead nor alive”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùsǐ bùhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sei² bat¹ wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùsǐ bùhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsǐh bùhuó
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ssŭ³ pu⁴-huo²
  - Yale: bù-sž bù-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busyy buhwo
  - Palladius: бусы бухо (busy buxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ xwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sei² bat¹ wut⁶
  - Yale: bāt séi bāt wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ séi² bed¹ wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

不死不活

half-dead; lifeless; lethargic

Synonyms

不死不生

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