性命交關

性命交關

Chinese

		life; survival	very; quite; seriously very; quite; seriously; tremendously; terribly; extremely
trad. (性命交關)		性命	交關
simp. (性命交关)		性命	交关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngmìngjiāoguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ming⁶ gaau¹ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìngmìngjiāoguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqminqjiauguan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ ming⁶ gaau¹ gwaan¹
    • Yale: sing mihng gāau gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ming⁶ gaau¹ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ming⁶ gao¹ guan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²² kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

性命交關

1. to be a matter of life and death; of vital importance

Synonyms

• 性命關天／性命关天 (xìngmìngguāntiān)