危篤 (ngai4 duk1) — deathly ill in Cantonese | HKDictionary

ngaiˎ₄危dukˉ¹篤

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Mandarin Pinyin: wei1 du3

Meaning of 危篤

noundeathly ill

Characters in 危篤

endanger; imperil; jeopardize

to poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺

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