岌岌可危

Chinese

		precarious; perilous; dangerous precarious; perilous; dangerous; lofty; towering	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	danger; to endanger
trad. (岌岌可危)		岌岌	可	危
simp. #(岌岌可危)		岌岌	可	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíjíkěwēi, jíjíkěwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ kap¹ ho² ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjíkěwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjíkěwei
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²-kʻo³-wei¹
    • Yale: jí-jí-kě-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyikeeuei
    • Palladius: цзицзикэвэй (cziczikɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjíkěwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjíkěwéi
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²-kʻo³-wei²
    • Yale: jí-jí-kě-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyikeewei
    • Palladius: цзицзикэвэй (cziczikɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ kap¹ ho² ngai⁴
    • Yale: kāp kāp hó ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ kap⁷ ho² ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ keb¹ ho² ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

岌岌可危

1. extremely dangerous; extremely precarious

Synonyms

• 危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)
• 危在旦夕 (wēizàidànxī)