臨終

See also: 临终

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	end; finish
trad. (臨終)		臨	終
simp. (临终)		临	终

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm-chûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-chiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línjhong
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-chung¹
    • Yale: lín-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjong
    • Palladius: линьчжун (linʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: làhm jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: limˇ zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

臨終

1. to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave; to be dying from illness

Synonyms

• 臨危／临危 (línwēi)

Derived terms

• 臨終關懷／临终关怀 (línzhōng guānhuái)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臨	終
りん Grade: 6	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りんじゅう [rìńjúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

臨(りん)終(じゅう) • (rinjū) 

1. one's deathbed, dying moment, dying breath

Usage notes

This is often used with the honorific prefix 御(ご) (go-) as ご臨終(りんじゅう) (gorinjū).

Korean

Hanja in this term
臨	終

Noun

臨終 • (imjong) (hangeul 임종)

1. Hanja form^? of 임종.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
臨	終

Noun

臨終

1. chữ Hán form of lâm chung.