危機

See also: 危机

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	crucial point
trad. (危機)		危	機
simp. (危机)		危	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēijī, wéijī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngùi-kî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-ki / ûi-ki

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguin⁵ gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēijī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiji
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-chi¹
    • Yale: wēi-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiji
    • Palladius: вэйцзи (vɛjczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéijī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéiji
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chi¹
    • Yale: wéi-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiji
    • Palladius: вэйцзи (vɛjczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: ngàih gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngùi-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: nguiˇ gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngui² gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu̯i¹¹ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-ki
    • Tâi-lô: guî-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-ki
    • Tâi-lô: uî-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguin⁵ gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngûiⁿ ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋũĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ki³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 危機

1. hidden danger or disaster
2. crisis (Classifier: 場／场 m; 個／个)

   信仰危機／信仰危机  ―  xìnyǎng wēijī  ―  belief crisis

   次貸危機／次贷危机  ―  cìdài wēijī  ―  subprime mortgage crisis

Synonyms

• (crisis): 急變／急变 (jíbiàn), 急難／急难 (jínàn)

Further reading

• Chinese word for "crisis" on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (The Chinese word for "crisis" is frequently invoked in Western motivational speaking.)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	機
き Grade: 6	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

危(き)機(き) • (kiki) 

1. crisis

Synonyms

• 難局(なんきょく) (nankyoku)

Derived terms

• 危機一髪(ききいっぱつ) (kikiippatsu)
• 危機感(ききかん) (kikikan)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
危	機

Noun

危機 • (wigi) (hangeul 위기)

1. Hanja form^? of 위기 (“crisis”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
危	機

Noun

危機

1. Template:han tu form of