大難臨頭
Chinese
major catastrophe | to befall; to happen; to be imminent | ||
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trad. (大難臨頭) | 大難 | 臨頭 | |
simp. (大难临头) | 大难 | 临头 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dànànlíntóu
- Wade–Giles: ta4-nan4-lin2-tʻou2
- Yale: dà-nàn-lín-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnannlintour
- Palladius: дананьлиньтоу (dananʹlinʹtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4
- Yale: daaih naahn làhm tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 nan6 lem4 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 大難臨頭