活要見人，死要見屍

See also: 活要见人，死要见尸

Chinese

to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
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
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
 corpse
trad. (活要見人，死要見屍) 活 要 見 人 ， 死 要 見 屍
simp. (活要见人，死要见尸) 活 要 见 人 ， 死 要 见 尸

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: huó yào jiàn rén, sǐ yào jiàn shī
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄙˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: huó yào jiàn rén, sǐh yào jiàn shih
      • Wade–Giles: huo2 yao4 chien4 jên2, ssŭ3 yao4 chien4 shih1
      • Yale: hwó yàu jyàn rén-, sž yàu jyàn shr̄
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo yaw jiann ren, syy yaw jiann shy
      • Palladius: хо яо цзянь жэнь, сы яо цзянь ши (xo jao czjanʹ žɛnʹ, sy jao czjanʹ ši)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Phrase

活要見人，死要見屍

  1. [we] want to see the person if he/she is alive, and [we] want to see the body if he/she is dead
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