一髮千鈞

Chinese

		a hair; something minute
trad. (一髮千鈞)		一髮	千鈞
simp. (一发千钧)		一发	千钧
Literally: “A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīfàqiānjūn, yīfǎqiānjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣ, ㄧㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfàqiānjūn [Phonetic: yífàqiānjūn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifàcianjyun
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fa⁴-chʻien¹-chün¹
  - Yale: yī-fà-chyān-jyūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifahchianjiun
  - Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfǎqiānjūn [Phonetic: yìfǎqiānjūn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifǎcianjyun
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fa³-chʻien¹-chün¹
  - Yale: yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaachianjiun
  - Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹
  - Yale: yāt faat chīn gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ faat⁸ tsin¹ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fad³ qin¹ guen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

一髮千鈞

Synonym of 千鈞一髮／千钧一发 (qiānjūnyīfà, “imminent peril; a matter of life or death”)

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