不死不活

Chinese

		not; no	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùsǐ bùhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busyy buhwo
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sei² bat¹ wut⁶
  - Yale: bāt séi bāt wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ séi² bed¹ wud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

不死不活

half-dead; lifeless; lethargic

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