危在旦夕

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	morning and evening; short time; sooner or later morning and evening; short time; sooner or later; imminent; on the horizon
trad. (危在旦夕)		危	在	旦夕
simp. #(危在旦夕)		危	在	旦夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēizàidànxī, wéizàidànxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ zoi⁶ daan³ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-chāi-tàn-se̍k / gûi-chāi-tàn-si̍t

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēizàidànxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weizàidànsi
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-tsai⁴-tan⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: wēi-dzài-dàn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueitzaydannshi
    • Palladius: вэйцзайданьси (vɛjczajdanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéizàidànxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéizàidànsì
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-tsai⁴-tan⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: wéi-dzài-dàn-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weitzaydannshih
    • Palladius: вэйцзайданьси (vɛjczajdanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ zoi⁶ daan³ zik⁶
    • Yale: ngàih joih daan jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ dzoi⁶ daan³ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ zoi⁶ dan³ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² taːn³³ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-chāi-tàn-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: guî-tsāi-tàn-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guizaixdarnsek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²²⁻²¹ tan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-chāi-tàn-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: guî-tsāi-tàn-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guizaixdarnsit
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ sit̚⁴/

Idiom

危在旦夕

1. in imminent danger; on the brink of crisis

   • 天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自與閹宦共飲耶！ [MSC, trad.]
     天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自与阉宦共饮耶！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms

     Tiānxià wēi zài dànxī, bìxià shàng zì yǔ yānhuàn gòng yǐn yē! [Pinyin]

     The world is crashing down upon us, and yet Your Majesty is enjoying wine with the eunuchs!

Synonyms

• 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
• 危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)