生死關頭

Chinese

		to live and die; life-and-death	juncture; moment
trad. (生死關頭)		生死	關頭
simp. (生死关头)		生死	关头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngsǐguāntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sei² gwaan¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngsǐguāntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsǐhguantóu
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ssŭ³-kuan¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: shēng-sž-gwān-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsyyguantour
    • Palladius: шэнсыгуаньтоу (šɛnsyguanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ sei² gwaan¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: sāng séi gwāan tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sei² gwaan¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ séi² guan¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

生死關頭

1. life-or-death moment; a moment which determines one's survival