瀕臨

See also: 濒临

Chinese

		near	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
trad. (瀕臨)		瀕	臨
simp. (濒临)		濒	临

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pin-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binlín
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-lin²
    • Yale: bīn-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlin
    • Palladius: биньлинь (binʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: pàhn làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: pin-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/

Verb

瀕臨

1. to be close to; to be near
2. to be on the verge of; to face; to be faced with; to be confronted with

   瀕臨絕境／濒临绝境  ―  bīnlín juéjìng  ―  to be on the verge of hopelessness

   瀕臨死亡／濒临死亡  ―  bīnlín sǐwáng  ―  to be at death's door

   瀕臨崩潰／濒临崩溃  ―  bīnlín bēngkuì  ―  to be close to collapsing

   瀕臨滅絕／濒临灭绝  ―  bīnlín mièjué  ―  to be on the verge of extinction

Synonyms

• (to be close to):

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• 倚近 (Hokkien)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊 / 傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇 / 向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 把 (colloquial)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊 / 挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 比鄰 / 比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
• 湊 / 凑 (còu)
• 瀕於 / 濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 相鄰 / 相邻 (xiānglín)
• 臨近 / 临近 (línjìn)
• 親近 / 亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 鄰近 / 邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

 

• (to be on the verge of):

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• 朝向 (cháoxiàng)
• 正視 / 正视 (zhèngshì)
• 直視 / 直视 (zhíshì)
• 直面 (zhímiàn)
• 迎
• 面向 (miànxiàng)
• 面對 / 面对 (miànduì)
• 面臨 / 面临 (miànlín)