奄奄

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay
simp. and trad. (奄奄)		奄	奄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnyǎn, yānyān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnyǎn [Phonetic: yányǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyean
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yānyān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianian
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹
  - Yale: yīm yīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

奄奄

(ideophonic) breathing feebly

Derived terms

一息奄奄
奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī)
奄奄垂絕／奄奄垂绝

奄奄無力／奄奄无力
氣息奄奄／气息奄奄

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