垂死

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (垂死)		垂	死
simp. #(垂死)		垂	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuísǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ sei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuísǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéisǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-ssŭ³
    • Yale: chwéi-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweisyy
    • Palladius: чуйсы (čujsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ sei²
    • Yale: sèuih séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ sei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-sí
    • Tâi-lô: suî-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suisie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² si⁵³/

Verb

垂死

1. to be moribund; to be dying

   • 垂死病中驚坐起，暗風吹雨入寒窗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     垂死病中惊坐起，暗风吹雨入寒窗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 815, Yuan Zhen (元稹),《聞樂天授江州司馬》, translated by Stephen Owen

     Chuísǐ bìngzhōng jīng zuòqǐ, àn fēng chuī yǔ rù hánchuāng. [Pinyin]

     In sickness and drawing close to death, I sat straight up in alarm—
     in the dark the wind was blowing rain into my cold window.

Related terms

• 垂危 (chuíwēi)