臨盆

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See also: 临盆

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	basin
trad. (臨盆)		臨	盆
simp. (临盆)		临	盆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línpén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ pun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-phûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línpén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línpén
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-pʻên²
  - Yale: lín-pén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linpern
  - Palladius: линьпэнь (linʹpɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ pʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ pun⁴
  - Yale: làhm pùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ pun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ pun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ pʰuːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-phûn
  - Tâi-lô: lîm-phûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: limphuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ pʰun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pʰun²⁴/

Verb

臨盆

to be about to give birth; to be in labour

Synonyms

臨月／临月 (línyuè)
臨蓐／临蓐 (línrù)
(Hokkien) 坐盆

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