奄奄一息

Chinese

		breathing feebly	one breath; in one breath; in a short moment
trad. (奄奄一息)		奄奄	一息
simp. #(奄奄一息)		奄奄	一息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyǎnyīxī, yānyānyīxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám-iám-it-sek / am-am-it-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyǎnyīxī [Phonetic: yányǎnyìxī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyǎnyisi
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-yen³-i¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: yǎn-yǎn-yī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyeanishi
    • Palladius: яньяньиси (janʹjanʹisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānyānyīxí [Phonetic: yānyānyìxí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanyanyisí
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-yen¹-i¹-hsi²
    • Yale: yān-yān-yī-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianianishyi
    • Palladius: яньяньиси (janʹjanʹisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yīm yīm yāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹ jat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹ yed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-iám-it-sek
    • Tâi-lô: iám-iám-it-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafm'iafm'itseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-am-it-sek
    • Tâi-lô: am-am-it-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: am'am'itseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Idiom

奄奄一息

1. dying; breathe one's last breath