奄奄

奄奄

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay
simp. and trad. (奄奄)		奄	奄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyǎn, yānyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎnyǎn [Phonetic: yányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyean
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yānyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianian
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹
    • Yale: yīm yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

奄奄

1. (ideophonic) breathing feebly

Derived terms

一息奄奄 奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī) 奄奄垂絕／奄奄垂绝

奄奄無力／奄奄无力 氣息奄奄／气息奄奄