不眠不休
Chinese
| not; no | sleep | not; no | to rest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不眠不休) |
不 | 眠 | 不 | 休 | |
| Literally: “no sleep no rest”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùmiánbùxiū
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùmiánbùsiou
- Wade–Giles: pu4-mien2-pu4-hsiu1
- Yale: bù-myán-bù-syōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumianbushiou
- Palladius: бумяньбусю (bumjanʹbusju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 min4 bat1 jau1
- Yale: bāt mìhn bāt yāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 min4 bat7 jau1
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 min4 bed1 yeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bîn-put-hiu
- Tâi-lô: put-bîn-put-hiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: putbinputhiw
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ bin²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiu³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ bin¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ hiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bin²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
不眠不休