奄奄

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay
trad. (奄奄)		奄	奄
simp. #(奄奄)		奄	奄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyǎn, yānyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyǎn [Phonetic: yányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-yen³
    • Yale: yǎn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyean
    • Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanyan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-yen¹
    • Yale: yān-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianian
    • Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ jim¹
    • Yale: yīm yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

奄奄

1. (ideophonic) breathing feebly

Derived terms

• 一息奄奄
• 奄奄一息
• 奄奄垂絕／奄奄垂绝
• 奄奄無力／奄奄无力
• 氣息奄奄／气息奄奄 (qìxīyānyān)