危急

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	hurried; worried
trad. (危急)		危	急
simp. ^#(危急)		危	急

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēijí, wéijí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄐㄧˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ gap¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gûi-kip / ûi-kip

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguin⁵ gib⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēijí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weijí
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-chi²
  - Yale: wēi-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueijyi
  - Palladius: вэйцзи (vɛjczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
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    危急
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéijí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéijí
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-chi²
  - Yale: wéi-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijyi
  - Palladius: вэйцзи (vɛjczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
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    危及
    危急
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ gap¹
  - Yale: ngàih gāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ gap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ geb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ kɐp̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-kip
  - Tâi-lô: guî-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gui'kib
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-kip
  - Tâi-lô: uî-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'kib
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguin⁵ gib⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngûiⁿ kip
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋũĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kip̚²/

Adjective

危急

critical; desperate

Synonyms

危險／危险 (wēixiǎn)
險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
(Hokkien) 險厄／险厄

Related terms

艱難／艰难 (jiānnán)
艱危／艰危 (jiānwēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	急
き Grade: 6	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

危(き)急(きゅう) • (kikyū)

crisis; emergency