jim1 jim1奄奄
Jyutpingjim1 jim1
Yaleyīm yīm

Definition

adj.; dying; weak breathing, barely able to breathe the correct way. Also metaphor for things in decay or decline, of impending doom.

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T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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殃
joeng1calamity; death; misfortune
饒讓饶让
jiu4 joeng6tolerance and concession; to let off; to excuse; to have mercy on; to reprieve
徭役
jiu4 jik6forced labor
衣衫襤褸衣衫褴褛
ji1 saam1 laam4 leoi5to be dressed in rags; to be dressed shabbily
扷心扷肺
jiu1 sam1 jiu1 fai3hurtful
一
jat1one; a (article); entire; all; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi ra...
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