生人霸死地
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
man; person; people | feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly | ||
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| trad. (生人霸死地) | 生 | 人 | 霸 | 死 | 地 | |
| simp. #(生人霸死地) | 生 | 人 | 霸 | 死 | 地 | |
| Literally: “a living person occupying place for the dead”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6
- Yale: sāang yàhn ba séi deih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6
- Guangdong Romanization: sang1 yen4 ba3 séi2 déi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ paː³³ sei̯³⁵ tei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
生人霸死地
- (Cantonese) to be a dog in the manger