奄奄一息

奄奄一息

Chinese

		breathing feebly	one breath; in one breath; in a short moment
simp. and trad. (奄奄一息)		奄奄	一息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyǎnyīxī, yānyānyīxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): am-am-it-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎnyǎnyīxī [Phonetic: yányǎnyìxī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyeanishi
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yānyānyīxí [Phonetic: yānyānyìxí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianianishyi
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yīm yīm yāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹ jat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹ yed¹ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-am-it-sek
    • Tâi-lô: am-am-it-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: am'am'itseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴⁻²² am⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³ am³³ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴⁻²² am⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Idiom

奄奄一息

1. dying; breathe one's last breath