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生死

生死

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad. (生死)		生	死

Noun

生死

life and death

這是關係到生死的大事。 [MSC, trad.]

这是关系到生死的大事。 [MSC, simp.]

Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì. [Pinyin]

This is a matter of life and death.

Verb

生死

to live and die

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēngsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ sei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-sí
Min Nan (POJ): seⁿ-sí / siⁿ-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēngsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄙˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ sei²
  - Yale: sāang séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ sei²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-sí
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang´ xi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ xi³
  - IPA: /saŋ²⁴ ɕi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-sí / siⁿ-sí
  - Tâi-lô: senn-sí / sinn-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svesie, svisie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/, /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sẽ³³ ɕi⁵⁵⁴/, /ɕĩ³³ ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/, /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁵³/, /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴¹/, /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴¹/