殘喘

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	to gasp; to pant; asthma
trad. (殘喘)		殘	喘
simp. (残喘)		残	喘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánchuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ cyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánchuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánchuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-chʻuan³
    • Yale: tsán-chwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnchoan
    • Palladius: цаньчуань (canʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ cyun²
    • Yale: chàahn chyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ tsyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ qun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ t͡sʰyːn³⁵/

Noun

殘喘

1. last or dying breath

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 氣絲仔／气丝仔, 尾氣／尾气 (wěiqì)

Verb

殘喘

1. to breathe one's last or dying breath

Derived terms

• 苟延殘喘 / 苟延残喘 (gǒuyáncánchuǎn)