千鈞一髮

Chinese

			a hair; something minute
trad. (千鈞一髮)		千鈞	一髮
simp. (千钧一发)		千钧	一发
Literally: “A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānjūnyīfà, qiānjūnyīfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣㄧㄈㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣㄧㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gwan¹ jat¹ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānjūnyīfà [Phonetic: qiānjūnyífà]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣㄧㄈㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjiunifah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānjūnyīfǎ [Phonetic: qiānjūnyìfǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣㄧㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjiunifaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gwan¹ jat¹ faat³
  - Yale: chīn gwān yāt faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gwan¹ jat⁷ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ guen¹ yed¹ fad³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fäːt̚³/

Idiom

千鈞一髮

a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death

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