臨終

臨終

See also: 临终

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	end; finish
trad. (臨終)		臨	終
simp. (临终)		临	终

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-chûng
• Min Nan (POJ): lîm-chiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: línzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjong
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: làhm jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ zung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: limˇ zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² zung¹
    • IPA: /lim¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

臨終

1. to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave

Derived terms

臨終關懷／临终关怀 (línzhōng guānhuái)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
臨	終
りん Grade: 6	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

臨終 (hiragana りんじゅう, rōmaji rinjū)

1. one's deathbed, dying moment, dying breath

Usage notes

This is often used with the honorific prefix 御- (ご, go) as ご臨終.