生死未卜

生死未卜

Chinese

		to live and die; life-and-death	have not yet divined; to be unknown; to be uncertain have not yet divined; to be unknown; to be uncertain; to be precarious
simp. and trad. (生死未卜)		生死	未卜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngsǐwèibǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēngsǐwèibǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsyyweybuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsǐhwèibǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk¹
    • Yale: sāng séi meih būk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sei² mei⁶ buk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ séi² méi⁶ bug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ mei̯²² pʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

生死未卜

1. it's hard to tell whether the person is alive or not; whether the person is alive or dead remains unknown