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): ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ lam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pin-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - 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/
Min Nan
- (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

to be close to; to be near
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):

Synonyms of 瀕臨

倚近 (Min Nan)
傍依 (bàngyī)
把 (bǎ) (colloquial)
挨近 (āijìn)
接 (jiē)
接近 (jiējìn)
擦 (cā)
附 (fù)
靠近 (kàojìn)
傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)

向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
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)

(to be on the verge of):

朝向 (cháoxiàng)
直面 (zhímiàn)
迎 (yíng)
面向 (miànxiàng)

正視／正视 (zhèngshì)
直視／直视 (zhíshì)
面對／面对 (miànduì)
面臨／面临 (miànlín)

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