欲死欲活
Chinese
desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish |
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (欲死欲活) | 欲 | 死 | 欲 | 活 | |
| simp. #(欲死欲活) | 欲 | 死 | 欲 | 活 | |
| alternative forms | 要死要活 | ||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-sí-beh-oa̍h / berh-sí-berh-oa̍h / boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-sí-beh-oa̍h
- Tâi-lô: beh-sí-beh-ua̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: behsy'beh'oah
- IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh-sí-berh-oa̍h
- Tâi-lô: berh-sí-berh-ua̍h
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h
- Tâi-lô: bueh-sí-bueh-ua̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: boehsy'boeh'oah
- IPA (Taipei): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
Idiom
欲死欲活
- (Hokkien) to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life