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
simp. and trad. (垂危)		垂	危

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuíwēi, chuíwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ ngai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sûi-gûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuíwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiuei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuíwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiwei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ ngai⁴
  - Yale: sèuih ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ ngei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-gûi
  - Tâi-lô: suî-guî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sui'guii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² gui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² gui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² gui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ gui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ gui²³/

Verb

垂危

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

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