瀕臨

See also: 濒临

Chinese

		near	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
trad. (瀕臨)		瀕	臨
simp. (濒临)		濒	临

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīnlín

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ lam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pin-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bīnlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlin
  - IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pan⁴ lam⁴
  - Yale: pàhn làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ lem⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ lɐm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: pin-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pinliim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/

Verb

瀕臨

to be close to; to be on the verge of

瀕臨絕境 / 濒临绝境 ― bīnlín juéjìng ― to be on the verge of hopelessness

瀕臨死亡 / 濒临死亡 ― bīnlín sǐwáng ― to be at death's door

瀕臨崩潰 / 濒临崩溃 ― bīnlín bēngkuì ― to be close to collapsing

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