奄奄

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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, ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ jim¹

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: ㄧㄢㄧㄢ
  - 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

(ideophonic) breathing feebly

Derived terms

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