活不見人死不見屍

活不見人死不見屍

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	man; person; people	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	corpse
trad. (活不見人死不見屍)		活	不	見	人	死	不	見	屍
simp. (活不见人死不见尸)		活	不	见	人	死	不	见	尸

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "活不见人死不见尸".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóbùjiànrén sǐbùjiànshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huóbùjiànrén sǐbùjiànshī [Phonetic: huóbújiànrén sǐbújiànshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwobujiannren syybujiannshy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóbùjiànrén sǐhbùjiànshih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Verb

活不見人死不見屍

1. (of people) to be missing; to have disappeared