臨盆

See also: 临盆

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	basin
trad. (臨盆)		臨	盆
simp. (临盆)		临	盆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línpén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ pun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-phûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línpén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línpén
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-pʻên²
    • Yale: lín-pén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linpern
    • Palladius: линьпэнь (linʹpɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ pʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ pun⁴
    • Yale: làhm pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ pʰuːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-phûn
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-phûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limphuun
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ pʰun²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pʰun²⁴/

Verb

臨盆

1. to be about to give birth; to be in labour

Synonyms

• 臨月／临月 (línyuè)
• 臨蓐／临蓐 (línrù)
• (Hokkien) 坐盆