行屍走肉

Chinese

			to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	meat; flesh
trad. (行屍走肉/行尸走肉)		行屍/行尸	走	肉
simp. (行尸走肉)		行尸	走	肉
variant forms		走肉行屍／走肉行尸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngshīzǒuròu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄗㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶, haang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíngshīzǒuròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄗㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshytzoourow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶, haang⁴ si¹ zau² juk⁶
  - Yale: hàhng sī jáu yuhk, hàahng sī jáu yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ si¹ dzau² juk⁹, haang⁴ si¹ dzau² juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xi¹ zeo² yug⁶, hang⁴ xi¹ zeo² yug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/, /häːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Idiom

行屍走肉

walking corpse; walking dead; zombie
(figuratively) layabout; idler; person who lives only on the material level

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