垂死

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (垂死)		垂	死
simp. ^#(垂死)		垂	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuísǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ sei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuísǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéisǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-ssŭ³
  - Yale: chwéi-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweisyy
  - Palladius: чуйсы (čujsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ sei²
  - Yale: sèuih séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ sei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-sí
  - Tâi-lô: suî-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suisie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁵³/

Verb

垂死

to be moribund; to be dying

Related terms

垂危 (chuíwēi)

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