搖搖欲墜

Chinese

		shake; to rock	shake; to rock	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	fall
trad. (搖搖欲墜)		搖	搖	欲	墜
simp. (摇摇欲坠)		摇	摇	欲	坠
Literally: “shaking or swaying as if about to collapse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoyáoyùzhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ jiu⁴ juk⁶ zeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyáoyùzhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyáoyùjhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-yao²-yü⁴-chui⁴
    • Yale: yáu-yáu-yù-jwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyauyuhjuey
    • Palladius: яояоюйчжуй (jaojaojujčžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ jiu⁴ juk⁶ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: yìuh yìuh yuhk jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ jiu⁴ juk⁹ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ yiu⁴ yug⁶ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ jiːu̯²¹ jʊk̚² t͡sɵy̯²²/

Idiom

搖搖欲墜

1. tottering