臨死

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (臨死)		臨	死
simp. (临死)		临	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ sei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línsǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-ssŭ³
    • Yale: lín-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linsyy
    • Palladius: линьсы (linʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ sei²
    • Yale: làhm séi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ sei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ séi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ sei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-sí
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ xi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ si³¹/

Verb

臨死

1. to be facing death; to be on one's deathbed

Derived terms

• 臨死不怯 / 临死不怯
• 臨死不恐 / 临死不恐 (línsǐbùkǒng)