瀕臨

瀕臨

See also: 濒临

Chinese

		near	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
trad. (瀕臨)		瀕	臨
simp. (濒临)		濒	临

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ lam⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): pin-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bīnlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlin
    • IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: pàhn làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ lem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ lɐm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: pin-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/

Verb

瀕臨

1. to be close to; to be on the verge of

   瀕臨絕境 / 濒临绝境  ―  bīnlín juéjìng  ―  to be on the verge of hopelessness

   瀕臨死亡 / 濒临死亡  ―  bīnlín sǐwáng  ―  to be at death's door

   瀕臨崩潰 / 濒临崩溃  ―  bīnlín bēngkuì  ―  to be close to collapsing