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一髮千鈞
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Chinese
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a
hair
; something
minute
trad.
(
一髮千鈞
)
一髮
千鈞
simp.
(
一发千钧
)
一发
千钧
Literally:
“A thousand
jun
hangs from a strip of hair.”
Pronunciation
edit
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
yīfàqiānjūn
,
yīfǎqiānjūn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jat
1
faat
3
cin
1
gwan
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yīfàqiānjūn
[Phonetic:
yí
fàqiānjūn]
Zhuyin
:
ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yifàcianjyun
Wade–Giles
:
i
1
-fa
4
-chʻien
1
-chün
1
Yale
:
yī-fà-chyān-jyūn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
ifahchianjiun
Palladius
:
ифацяньцзюнь
(ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
(
Standard Chinese
,
Taiwan
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yīfǎqiānjūn
[Phonetic:
yì
fǎqiānjūn]
Zhuyin
:
ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yifǎcianjyun
Wade–Giles
:
i
1
-fa
3
-chʻien
1
-chün
1
Yale
:
yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
ifaachianjiun
Palladius
:
ифацяньцзюнь
(ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jat
1
faat
3
cin
1
gwan
1
Yale
:
y
ā
t faat ch
ī
n gw
ā
n
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jat
7
faat
8
tsin
1
gwan
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
yed
1
fad
3
qin
1
guen
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn
⁵⁵
kʷɐn
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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一髮千鈞
Synonym of
千鈞一髮
/
千钧一发
(
qiānjūnyīfà
,
“
imminent
peril
; a
matter
of
life
or
death
”
)