"半死不活" meaning in All languages combined

See 半死不活 on Wiktionary

Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /puːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA]
  1. 沒有生氣、要死而未死的樣子
    Sense id: zh-半死不活-zh-phrase-WQpFpAwM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 半生死 [Hakka], 半條命 [Traditional-Chinese, Hokkien], 半条命 [Simplified-Chinese, Hokkien], 欲死欲死

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「半」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「死」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「活」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "沒有生氣、要死而未死的樣子"
      ],
      "id": "zh-半死不活-zh-phrase-WQpFpAwM"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐhbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-huo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn-sž-bù-hwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bannsyybuhwo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "banʹsybuxo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "баньсыбухо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun séi bāt wuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ séi² bed¹ wud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "半生死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半條命"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半条命"
    },
    {
      "word": "欲死欲死"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "半死不活"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「半」的漢語詞",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「活」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "沒有生氣、要死而未死的樣子"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bànsǐhbùhuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pan⁴-ssŭ³-pu⁴-huo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn-sž-bù-hwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bannsyybuhwo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "banʹsybuxo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "баньсыбухо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat¹ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun séi bāt wuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ sei² bat⁷ wut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bun³ séi² bed¹ wud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "半生死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半條命"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半条命"
    },
    {
      "word": "欲死欲死"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "半死不活"
}

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