奄jim1奄jim1一jat1息sik1

English

1. dying
2. hardly perceptible breathing; at one's last gasp; on the verge of death
3. at one's last gasp

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 呼吸微弱，就嚟死

Examples

• 車禍發生之後，司機夾咗喺車廂入面奄奄一息。

  After the car accident, the driver was stuck in the car on the verge of death.

• 那個中了槍的人還沒有死，但卻已經奄奄一息了。

  The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.

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