垂危

垂危

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	danger; to endanger
trad. (垂危)		垂	危
simp. #(垂危)		垂	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíwēi, chuíwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ ngai⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sûi-gûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiwei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-wei¹
    • Yale: chwéi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiuei
    • Palladius: чуйвэй (čujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiwéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-wei²
    • Yale: chwéi-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiwei
    • Palladius: чуйвэй (čujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ ngai⁴
    • Yale: sèuih ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-gûi
    • Tâi-lô: suî-guî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sui'guii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɡui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɡui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² ɡui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ ɡui²³/

Verb

垂危

1. to be critically ill; to be at one's last gasp
2. to be in great peril (of a nation)

Related terms

• 垂死 (chuísǐ)