彌留之際

Chinese

		to be seriously ill and on the verge of death; to be dying	's; him/her/it; this	border; edge; boundary border; edge; boundary; between; among; interval; while
trad. (彌留之際)		彌留	之	際
simp. (弥留之际)		弥留	之	际

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míliúzhījì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ lau⁴ zi¹ zai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míliúzhījì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mílióujhihjì
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-liu²-chih¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: mí-lyóu-jr̄-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: milioujyjih
    • Palladius: милючжицзи (miljučžiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ lau⁴ zi¹ zai³
    • Yale: nèih làuh jī jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ lau⁴ dzi¹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ leo⁴ ji¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

彌留之際

1. When one is ill and on one's deathbed.