九死一生

Chinese

		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
trad. (九死一生)		九	死	一	生
simp. #(九死一生)		九	死	一	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔsǐyīshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² sei² jat¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-sú-it-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔsǐyīshēng [Phonetic: jiúsǐyìshēng]
    • 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

九死一生

1. narrow escape from death