千鈞一髮

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānjūnyīfà, qiānjūnyīfǎ

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gwan¹ jat¹ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjūnyīfà [Phonetic: qiānjūnyífà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjyunyifà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chün¹-i¹-fa⁴
    • Yale: chyān-jyūn-yī-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjiunifah
    • Palladius: цяньцзюньифа (cjanʹczjunʹifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjūnyīfǎ [Phonetic: qiānjūnyìfǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjyunyifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chün¹-i¹-fa³
    • Yale: chyān-jyūn-yī-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjiunifaa
    • Palladius: цяньцзюньифа (cjanʹczjunʹifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ gwan¹ jat¹ faat³
    • Yale: chīn gwān yāt faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gwan¹ jat⁷ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ guen¹ yed¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 千鈞一髮

1. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death