奄奄一息

Chinese

		breathing feebly	one breath; in one breath; in a short moment
trad. (奄奄一息)		奄奄	一息
simp. ^#(奄奄一息)		奄奄	一息

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnyǎnyīxī, yānyānyīxí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄒㄧ, ㄧㄢㄧㄢㄧㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám-iám-it-sek / am-am-it-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyǎnyīxī [Phonetic: yányǎnyìxī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyǎnyisi
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-yen³-i¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: yǎn-yǎn-yī-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyeanishi
  - Palladius: яньяньиси (janʹjanʹisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānyānyīxí [Phonetic: yānyānyìxí]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄧㄢㄧㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanyanyisí
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-yen¹-i¹-hsi²
  - Yale: yān-yān-yī-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianianishyi
  - Palladius: яньяньиси (janʹjanʹisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹
  - Yale: yīm yīm yāt sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹ jat⁷ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹ yed¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-iám-it-sek
  - Tâi-lô: iám-iám-it-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafm'iafm'itseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-am-it-sek
  - Tâi-lô: am-am-it-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: am'am'itseg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴⁻³³ am⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Idiom

奄奄一息

dying; breathe one's last breath

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