一髮千鈞

Chinese

		a hair; something minute
trad. (一髮千鈞)		一髮	千鈞
simp. (一发千钧)		一发	千钧
anagram		千鈞一髮／千钧一发
Literally: “A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfàqiānjūn, yīfǎqiānjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfàqiānjūn [Phonetic: yífàqiānjūn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifàcianjyun
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fa⁴-chʻien¹-chün¹
    • Yale: yī-fà-chyān-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifahchianjiun
    • Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfǎqiānjūn [Phonetic: yìfǎqiānjūn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifǎcianjyun
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fa³-chʻien¹-chün¹
    • Yale: yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaachianjiun
    • Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹
    • Yale: yāt faat chīn gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ faat⁸ tsin¹ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fad³ qin¹ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 一髮千鈞

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