臨臨仔

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (臨臨仔)		臨	臨	仔
simp. (临临仔)		临	临	仔
alternative forms		凜凜仔／凛凛仔 斂斂仔／敛敛仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lím-lím-á / liám-liám-á / lím-lím--á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-lím-á
    • Tâi-lô: lím-lím-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lymlym'ar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-liám-á
    • Tâi-lô: liám-liám-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafmliafm'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-lím--á
    • Tâi-lô: lím-lím--á

Adverb

臨臨仔

1. (Southern Min) almost; nearly; barely

Synonyms

• 差一點／差一点
• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差無偌／差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點／差点 (chàdiǎn)
• 差點咖子／差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 急下烏／急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭些／争些 (zhēngxiē) (obsolete)
• 爭啲／争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒／争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒／争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒／争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 險／险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險些／险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎／险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)
• 險險／险险 (Hokkien)

 

References

• “Entry #12377”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.