"臨頭" meaning in Chinese

See 臨頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lim¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /lim²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 临头 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 臨頭
  1. to befall; to happen; to be imminent Synonyms: 當頭 (dāngtóu), 当头 (dāngtóu)
    Sense id: en-臨頭-zh-verb-QIBdtT7I Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临头",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "臨頭",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to befall; to happen; to be imminent"
      ],
      "id": "en-臨頭-zh-verb-QIBdtT7I",
      "links": [
        [
          "befall",
          "befall"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "dāngtóu",
          "word": "當頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngtóu",
          "word": "当头"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lintour"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹtou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьтоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "limtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "臨頭"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临头",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "臨頭",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 臨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to befall; to happen; to be imminent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "befall",
          "befall"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lintour"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹtou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьтоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lîm-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "limtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dāngtóu",
      "word": "當頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngtóu",
      "word": "当头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "臨頭"
}

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