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嚴重

嚴重

See also: 严重

Chinese

		(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (嚴重)		嚴	重
simp. (严重)		严	重

Adjective

嚴重

serious; critical; severe

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yánzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ zung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiàm-chhung
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): giâm-tiǒng / giâm-tiōng / giām-tiōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngiam⁵ dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjonq
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ zung⁶
  - Yale: yìhm juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ dzung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ t͡sʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàm-chhung
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiamˇ cung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam² cung⁴
  - IPA: /ɲi̯am¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-tiǒng
  - Tâi-lô: giâm-tiǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giam²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: giâm-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giamdiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /giam²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giam²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giām-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: giām-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giaxmdiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /giam³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngiam⁵ dong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiâm tŏng
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵/