氣息奄奄

Chinese

		breath; smell; odour	breathing feebly
trad. (氣息奄奄)		氣息	奄奄
simp. (气息奄奄)		气息	奄奄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìxīyānyān, qìxíyānyān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄧㄢㄧㄢ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ sik¹ jim¹ jim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìxīyānyān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄧㄢㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìsiyanyan
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi¹-yen¹-yen¹
  - Yale: chì-syī-yān-yān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshiianian
  - Palladius: цисияньянь (cisijanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìxíyānyān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìsíyanyan
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi²-yen¹-yen¹
  - Yale: chì-syí-yān-yān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshyiianian
  - Palladius: цисияньянь (cisijanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ sik¹ jim¹ jim¹
  - Yale: hei sīk yīm yīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ sik⁷ jim¹ jim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xig¹ yim¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ sɪk̚⁵ jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Idiom

氣息奄奄

(of a person) to be close to death; to breathe one's last breath
(of a matter) to decline and be close to perishing

Synonyms

日薄西山 (rìbóxīshān)
奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī)

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