瀕死

See also: 濒死

Chinese

		near	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (瀕死)		瀕	死
simp. (濒死)		濒	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīnsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: binsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: pin¹-ssŭ³
  - Yale: bīn-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binsyy
  - Palladius: биньсы (binʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pan⁴ sei²
  - Yale: pàhn séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

瀕死

to be nearly dying; to be nearly dead; to be moribund; to be near death

Derived terms

瀕死經驗 / 濒死经验

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瀕	死
ひん Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
ひん死 (mazegaki)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひんし [hìńshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ひんし [híꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çĩɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

瀕(ひん)死(し) • (hinshi)

being moribund, the verge of death

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲瀕死”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026