臨界

See also: 临界

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (臨界)		臨	界
simp. (临界)		临	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ gaai³
Min Nan (POJ): lîm-kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: línjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjieh
  - IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ gaai³
  - Yale: làhm gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ gai³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ kɑːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-kài
  - Tâi-lô: lîm-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: limkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² kaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² kaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁴¹/

Adjective

臨界

critical (state, point, pressure, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臨	界
りん Grade: 6	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋka̠i]

Noun

臨界 (hiragana りんかい, rōmaji rinkai)

criticality, the critical (state, point, pressure, etc.)
この事 (じ)故 (こ)では臨界 (りんかい)が続 (つづ)いているのに気 (き)付 (づ)くのが遅 (おそ)かった。
Kono jiko de wa rinkai ga tsuzuiteiru no ni kizuku no ga osokatta.
In this accident, it was realized too late that it had stayed critical.

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