臨終

See also: 临终

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	end; finish
trad. (臨終)		臨	終
simp. (临终)		临	终

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-chûng
Min Nan (POJ): lîm-chiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: línzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjong
  - IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ zung¹
  - Yale: làhm jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ zung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: limˇ zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lim² zung¹
  - IPA: /lim¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: lîm-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: limciofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

臨終

to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave

Derived terms

臨終關懷／临终关怀 (línzhōng guānhuái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臨	終
りん Grade: 6	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

臨終 (hiragana りんじゅう, rōmaji rinjū)

one's deathbed, dying moment, dying breath

Usage notes

This is often used with the honorific prefix 御- (ご, go) as ご臨終.

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