偷生

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (偷生)		偷	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡㄕㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tōushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

偷生

to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence

Derived terms

苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)

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