臨陣

See also: 临阵

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	disposition of troops; short period; wave disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell
trad. (臨陣)		臨	陣
simp. (临阵)		临	阵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ zan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-chhṳn
Northern Min (KCR): lěng-dēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línzhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línjhèn
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chên⁴
  - Yale: lín-jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjenn
  - Palladius: линьчжэнь (linʹčžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ zan⁶
  - Yale: làhm jahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ dzan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ zen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-chhṳn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ ciin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lim² cin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lěng-dēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leiŋ²¹ teiŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

臨陣

to locate oneself near the line of battle; to be just about to enter a battle

Derived terms

臨陣磨槍 / 临阵磨枪 (línzhènmóqiāng)
臨陣脫逃 / 临阵脱逃 (línzhèntuōtáo)

Adverb

臨陣

(Northern Min) suddenly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		突然, 忽然, 猝然
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間, 冷不防, 一下, 一下子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	忽然間, 冒猛地, 冒猛子, 冒冷子, 乍猛地, 乍乍地, 乍麼實兒, 虎拉巴兒, 一下兒, 一下子
	Taiwan	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
	Singapore	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	突乎其然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 失驚無神, 失驚忘神
	Hong Kong	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 忽然, 忽然間, 忽然之間, 失驚無神, 失雞無神, 一下
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	忽然間
	Taishan	突然之間
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	突然
Gan	Nanchang	突然
Hakka	Meixian	玄工, 玄玄風, 突然
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	突然間, 忽然間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	突然
	Hong Kong	陣時間
	Senai (Huiyang)	陣間
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臨陣, 三不臨陣
Southern Min	Xiamen	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Quanzhou	突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Zhangzhou	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持, 喝一下
	Tainan	突然間, 忽然間, 雄雄, 無張持
	Penang (Hokkien)	雄險
	Singapore (Hokkien)	突然間, 忽然間
	Manila (Hokkien)	忽然間
	Shantou	突然
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	突然
Wu	Shanghai	著生頭裡, 著陌生頭, 著陌生裡, 著末生頭, 辣陌生頭, 辣末生頭, 辣末生裡, 冷陌生頭, 突然之間, 突然, 忽聲能
Wu	Wenzhou	單下