彌留

Chinese

		full; to fill	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (彌留)		彌	留
simp. (弥留)		弥	留

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mílióu
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-liu²
    • Yale: mí-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miliou
    • Palladius: милю (milju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: nèih làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-liû
    • Tâi-lô: bî-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/

Verb

彌留

1. (literary) to be seriously ill and on the verge of death; to be dying