危境

危境

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (危境)		危	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēijìng, wéijìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄥˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ ging²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēijìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weijìng
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-ching⁴
    • Yale: wēi-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueijinq
    • Palladius: вэйцзин (vɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéijìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéijìng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-ching⁴
    • Yale: wéi-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijinq
    • Palladius: вэйцзин (vɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ ging²
    • Yale: ngàih gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ kɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

危境

1. advanced age; venerable age
2. dangerous situation; risky conditions
3. predicament; straits; difficult situation; desperate circumstances; adversity; plight

Synonyms

• (advanced age): 高齡／高龄 (gāolíng), 老境 (lǎojìng)
• (dangerous situation): 險境／险境 (xiǎnjìng)
• (predicament):

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厄 (è) (literary, or in compounds) 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary) 困境 (kùnjìng) 地步 (dìbù)

畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative) 逆境 (nìjìng) 時艱／时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present) 處境／处境 (chǔjìng)