一屍兩命

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	corpse	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	life; fate
trad. (一屍兩命)		一	屍	兩	命
simp. (一尸两命)		一	尸	两	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshīliǎngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si¹ loeng⁵ meng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshīliǎngmìng [Phonetic: yìshīliǎngmìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishihliǎngmìng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih¹-liang³-ming⁴
    • Yale: yī-shr̄-lyǎng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyleangminq
    • Palladius: ишилянмин (išiljanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si¹ loeng⁵ meng⁶
    • Yale: yāt sī léuhng mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si¹ loeng⁵ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi¹ lêng⁵ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ mɛːŋ²²/

Idiom

一屍兩命

1. a pregnant woman and her fetus die together