臨尾

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	tail
trad. (臨尾)		臨	尾
simp. (临尾)		临	尾

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ mei^5-1 / lam⁴ mei⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lìm-mî

  (Hailu, HRS): lim mui^ˋ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ mei^5-1 / lam⁴ mei⁵
    • Yale: làhm mēi / làhm méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ mei^5-1 / lam⁴ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ méi^5-1 / lem⁴ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ mei̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/, /lɐm²¹ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ mi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim mui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /lim⁵⁵ mui⁵³/

Adverb

臨尾

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) in the end; at the last moment
2. (Hakka) later; afterwards

Derived terms

• 臨尾香 / 临尾香