垂危

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	danger; to endanger
trad. (垂危)		垂	危
simp. ^#(垂危)		垂	危

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuíwēi, chuíwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ ngai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-gûi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-we

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuíwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiwei
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-wei¹
  - Yale: chwéi-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiuei
  - Palladius: чуйвэй (čujvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuíwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiwéi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-wei²
  - Yale: chwéi-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiwei
  - Palladius: чуйвэй (čujvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ ngai⁴
  - Yale: sèuih ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-gûi
  - Tâi-lô: suî-guî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sui'guii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɡui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɡui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² ɡui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ ɡui²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-we
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 we
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-hhue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ɦue⁴⁴/

Verb

垂危

to be critically ill; to be at one's last gasp
to be in great peril (of a nation)

Related terms

垂死 (chuísǐ)