起死回生 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| to bring the dead back to life | to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice; to become rusty | |
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| trad. (起死回生) | 起死 | 回生 |
| simp. #(起死回生) | 起死 | 回生 |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsǐhuíshēng [Phonetic: qísǐhuíshēng]
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsǐhhuéisheng
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-ssŭ3-hui2-shêng1
- Yale: chǐ-sž-hwéi-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisyyhweisheng
- Palladius: цисыхуэйшэн (cisyxuejšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 sei2 wui4 sang1
- Yale: héi séi wùih sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 sei2 wui4 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 séi2 wui4 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
起死回生
- (chiefly of a medical doctor) to bring the dying back to life; to turn around a hopeless situation
- 相公一片熱腸救你，那指望報答？但願你此去，改行從善，莫負相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1627, Feng Menglong, 醒世恆言 (Stories to Awaken the World)
- Xiànggōng yīpiàn rècháng jiù nǐ, nǎ zhǐwàng bàodá? Dànyuàn nǐ cǐ qù, gǎixíng cóngshàn, mò fù xiànggōng qǐsǐhuíshēng zhī dé! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
相公一片热肠救你，那指望报答？但愿你此去，改行从善，莫负相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 起 | 死 | 回 | 生 |
| き Grade: 3 |
し Grade: 3 |
かい Grade: 2 |
せい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |
- (Tokyo) きしかいせー [kíꜜshìkàìsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) きしかいせー [kìshíꜜkàìsèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲiɕika̠ise̞ː]
起(き)死(し)回(かい)生(せい) • (kishikaisei)
- revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
- IPA(key): /kʰɔj˧˩ tɨ˧˩ hɔj˧˩ siŋ˧˩/
- Hán Nôm: Khởi tử hồi sinh
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