臨蓐

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	mat; rushes
trad. (臨蓐)		臨	蓐
simp. (临蓐)		临	蓐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línrù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línrù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línrù
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-ju⁴
    • Yale: lín-rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linruh
    • Palladius: линьжу (linʹžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: làhm yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ jʊk̚²/

Verb

臨蓐

1. to be about to give birth; to be in labour

Synonyms

• 臨月／临月 (línyuè)
• 臨盆／临盆 (línpén)
• (Hokkien) 坐盆