人命危淺

Chinese

		human life	to be critically ill; to be at one's last gasp
trad. (人命危淺)		人命	危淺
simp. (人命危浅)		人命	危浅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénmìngwēiqiǎn, rénmìngwéiqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˇ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénmìngwēiqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénmìngweiciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ming⁴-wei¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: rén-mìng-wēi-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renminqueichean
    • Palladius: жэньминвэйцянь (žɛnʹminvɛjcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénmìngwéiqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénmìngwéiciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ming⁴-wei²-chʻien³
    • Yale: rén-mìng-wéi-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renminqweichean
    • Palladius: жэньминвэйцянь (žɛnʹminvɛjcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

人命危淺

1. to be critically ill; to be close to death