垂危

chuíwēi

adjective #18,029

Meanings

Bìngrén shēngmìng chuíwēi, xūyào lìkè shǒushù.

The patient is critically ill and needs surgery immediately.

Tā gǎn dào yīyuàn shí, fùqīn yǐjīng yǎnyǎnyīxī, shēngmìng chuíwēi.

When he rushed to the hospital, his father was barely breathing and close to death.

usage

垂危 almost always appears in the phrase 生命垂危 (shēngmìng chuíwēi, 'life in critical danger'). It's a formal/medical term, not used casually.

垂 chuí

危 wēi