一命嗚呼

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	life; fate	alas; alack; wellaway alas; alack; wellaway; to die; to pass away
trad. (一命嗚呼)		一	命	嗚呼
simp. (一命呜呼)		一	命	呜呼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmìngwūhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ming⁶ wu¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmìngwūhū [Phonetic: yímìngwūhū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimìngwuhu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ming⁴-wu¹-hu¹
    • Yale: yī-mìng-wū-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iminquhu
    • Palladius: иминъуху (iminʺuxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ miŋ⁵¹ u⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ming⁶ wu¹ fu¹
    • Yale: yāt mihng wū fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ming⁶ wu¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ming⁶ wu¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²² wuː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一命嗚呼

1. (often humorous) to die; to drop dead

Synonyms

• 嗚呼哀哉／呜呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)