臨急抱佛腳

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	hurried; worried	to grab the Buddha's foot; to leave something to do at the last minute; to make a last-minute effort
trad. (臨急抱佛腳)		臨	急	抱佛腳
simp. (临急抱佛脚)		临	急	抱佛脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línjí bào fójiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línjí bào fójiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línjí bào fójiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-chi² pao⁴ fo²-chiao³
    • Yale: lín-jí bàu fwó-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjyi baw forjeau
    • Palladius: линьцзи бао фоцзяо (linʹczi bao foczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ gap¹ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³
    • Yale: làhm gāp póuh faht geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ gap⁷ pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ geb¹ pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ kɐp̚⁵ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/

Idiom

臨急抱佛腳

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to do something hurriedly only at the last minute

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臨時抱佛腳 (“to do something hurriedly only at the last minute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臨時抱佛腳, 急來抱佛腳, 急時抱佛腳, 急則抱佛腳, 抱佛腳, 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臨時抱佛腳, 抱佛腳, 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳
	Singapore	臨時抱佛腳, 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閒時唔燒香，急時抱佛腳, 平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳
	Hong Kong	臨急抱佛腳, 平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	臨嫁錐耳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	抱佛跤
Southern Min	Xiamen	抱佛跤
Wu	Shanghai	臨時抱佛腳