死不瞑目

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	not; no	to close one's eyes in death; to die content
trad. (死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
simp. #(死不瞑目)		死	不	瞑目
Literally: “to die without closing one's eyes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐbùmíngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sú-put-bêng-bo̍k / sí-put-bêng-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐbùmíngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhbùmíngmù
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-pu⁴-ming²-mu⁴
    • Yale: sž-bù-míng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syybumingmuh
    • Palladius: сыбуминму (sybuminmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² bat¹ ming⁴ muk⁶, sei² bat¹ ming⁵ muk⁶
    • Yale: séi bāt mìhng muhk, séi bāt míhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² bat⁷ ming⁴ muk⁹, sei² bat⁷ ming⁵ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² bed¹ ming⁴ mug⁶, séi² bed¹ ming⁵ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /sei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-put-bêng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sú-put-bîng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'putbengbok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-put-bêng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sí-put-bîng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'putbengbok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

死不瞑目

1. to die with a grievance or regret

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 死不瞑目 (“to die with a grievance or regret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		死不瞑目
Mandarin	Taiwan	死不瞑目
	Singapore	死不瞑目
Cantonese	Guangzhou	死唔眼閉
	Hong Kong	死唔眼閉
Southern Min	Xiamen	死毋瞌目, 死目毋願瞌
	Quanzhou	死目毋願瞌
	Zhangzhou	死目毋願瞌

Antonyms

• 死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)