危在旦夕

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	morning and evening; short time; sooner or later morning and evening; short time; sooner or later; imminent; on the horizon
trad. (危在旦夕)		危	在	旦夕
simp. ^#(危在旦夕)		危	在	旦夕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēizàidànxī, wéizàidànxì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ zoi⁶ daan³ zik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-chāi-tàn-se̍k / gûi-chāi-tàn-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēizàidànxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weizàidànsi
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-tsai⁴-tan⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: wēi-dzài-dàn-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueitzaydannshi
  - Palladius: вэйцзайданьси (vɛjczajdanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéizàidànxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéizàidànsì
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-tsai⁴-tan⁴-hsi⁴
  - Yale: wéi-dzài-dàn-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weitzaydannshih
  - Palladius: вэйцзайданьси (vɛjczajdanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ zoi⁶ daan³ zik⁶
  - Yale: ngàih joih daan jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ dzoi⁶ daan³ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ zoi⁶ dan³ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² taːn³³ t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-chāi-tàn-se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: guî-tsāi-tàn-si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guizaixdarnsek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²²⁻²¹ tan²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-chāi-tàn-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: guî-tsāi-tàn-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guizaixdarnsit
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚⁴/

Idiom

危在旦夕

in imminent danger; on the brink of crisis
- 天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自與閹宦共飲耶！ [MSC, trad.]
  天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自与阉宦共饮耶！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
  Tiānxià wēi zài dànxī, bìxià shàng zì yǔ yānhuàn gòng yǐn yē! [Pinyin]
  The world is crashing down upon us, and yet Your Majesty is enjoying wine with the eunuchs!

Synonyms

岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)

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