生死攸關

Chinese

		to live and die; life-and-death	to be related; to be intimately linked
trad. (生死攸關)		生死	攸關
simp. (生死攸关)		生死	攸关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngsǐ yōuguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄧㄡ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sei² jau⁴ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngsǐ yōuguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄧㄡ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsǐh youguan
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ssŭ³ yu¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: shēng-sž yōu-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsyy iouguan
    • Palladius: шэнсы югуань (šɛnsy juguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ sei² jau⁴ gwaan¹
    • Yale: sāng séi yàuh gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sei² jau⁴ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ séi² yeo⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐu̯²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

生死攸關

1. to be a matter of life and death

   生死攸關的問題／生死攸关的问题  ―  shēngsǐyōuguān de wèntí  ―  a matter of life and death

   生死攸關的時刻／生死攸关的时刻  ―  shēngsǐyōuguān de shíkè  ―  a moment of life and death

   生死攸關的鬥爭／生死攸关的斗争  ―  shēngsǐyōuguān de dòuzhēng  ―  life-or-death struggle

   廉政建設是關係到黨和國家生死攸關的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
   廉政建设是关系到党和国家生死攸关的大事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liánzhèng jiànshè shì guānxì dào dǎng hé guójiā shēngsǐyōuguān de dàshì. [Pinyin]

   The establishment of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.