草菅人命

Chinese

		something small and insignificant; trifle	human life
trad. (草菅人命)		草菅	人命
simp. #(草菅人命)		草菅	人命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎojiānrénmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶, cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-kan-lîn-bēng / chhó-koan-jîn-bēng / chháu-kan-jîn-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎojiānrénmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎojianrénmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chien¹-jên²-ming⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-jyān-rén-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaojianrenminq
    • Palladius: цаоцзяньжэньмин (caoczjanʹžɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶, cou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
    • Yale: chóu gāan yàhn mihng, chóu gāan yàhn mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gaan¹ jan⁴ ming⁶, tsou² gaan¹ jan⁴ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gan¹ yen⁴ ming⁶, cou² gan¹ yen⁴ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kaːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ mɪŋ²²/, /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kaːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ mɛːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kan-lîn-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-kan-lîn-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'kanlinbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-koan-jîn-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-kuan-jîn-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koanjinbeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kan-jîn-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kan-jîn-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kanjinbeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/

Idiom

草菅人命

1. to regard human life as if it were as worthless as straw