下半生

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	half a lifetime; half-cooked
simp. and trad. (下半生)		下	半生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbànshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bun³ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbànshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbànsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: syà-bàn-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbannsheng
    • Palladius: сябаньшэн (sjabanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ bun³ sang¹
    • Yale: hah bun sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bun³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bun³ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːn³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

下半生

1. the second half of one's life

   管不住下半身，影響到下半生 [MSC, trad.]
   管不住下半身，影响到下半生 [MSC, simp.]

   guǎnbùzhù xiàbànshēn, yǐngxiǎng dào xiàbànshēng [Pinyin]

   unable to control the lower half of one's body (i.e. the genitals), thus ruining the rest of one's life