Chinese[edit]
skeleton of a dead person; dead body; corpse
not have
exist; deposit; storeexist; deposit; store; keep; survive
trad. (屍骨無存)
屍骨
無
存
simp. (尸骨无存)
尸骨
无
存
Pronunciation[edit]
Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīgǔ wú cún
(Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄍㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si1 gwat1 mou4 cyun4
Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)+
Hanyu Pinyin: shīgǔ wú cún
Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄍㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
Tongyong Pinyin: shihgǔ wú cún
Wade–Giles: shih1-ku3 wu2 tsʻun2
Yale: shr̄-gǔ wú tswún
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyguu wu tswen
Palladius: шигу у цунь (šigu u cunʹ)
Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Jyutping: si1 gwat1 mou4 cyun4
Yale: sī gwāt mòuh chyùhn
Cantonese Pinyin: si1 gwat7 mou4 tsyn4
Guangdong Romanization: xi1 gued1 mou4 qun4
Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
Idiom[edit]
屍骨無存
a very gruesome death; to have one's corpse unable to be found or mutilated