馬革裹屍

Chinese

		horse; surname	leather; remove	wrap around	corpse
trad. (馬革裹屍)		馬	革	裹	屍
simp. (马革裹尸)		马	革	裹	尸
Literally: “to have one's corpse shrouded in horse leather”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎgéguǒshī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ gaak³ gwo² si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎgéguǒshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maagerguooshy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎgéguǒshih
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-ko²-kuo³-shih¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤ³⁵ kwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ gaak³ gwo² si¹
  - Yale: máh gaak gwó sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ gaak⁸ gwo² si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ gag³ guo² xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ käːk̚³ kʷɔː³⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

馬革裹屍 (chengyu)

(of a soldier) to die in the battlefield

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