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危急

危急

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	hurried; worried
simp. and trad. (危急)		危	急

Adjective

危急

critical; desperate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	急
き Grade: 6	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

危急 ‎(hiragana ききゅう, romaji kikyū)

crisis; emergency

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wēijí, wéijí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄐㄧˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ gap¹
Min Nan (POJ): gûi-kip / ûi-kip

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wēijí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄐㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueijyi
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    危及
    危急
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: wéijí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijyi
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    危及
    危急
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ gap¹
  - Yale: ngàih gāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ gap⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ kɐp̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-kip
  - Tâi-lô: guî-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gui'kib
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gui²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gui²⁴⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui²³⁻³³ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gui²⁴⁻²² kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui¹³⁻²² kip̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-kip
  - Tâi-lô: uî-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'kib
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² kip̚⁵/