償命

Chinese

		to compensate; pay back; to recompense	life; fate
trad. (償命)		償	命
simp. (偿命)		偿	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng-miang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-miā / siâng-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-ming⁴
    • Yale: cháng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngminq
    • Palladius: чанмин (čanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ ming⁶
    • Yale: sèuhng mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: song` miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-miā
    • Tâi-lô: siông-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-miā
    • Tâi-lô: siâng-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangmia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³⁻²² miã²²/

Verb

償⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to pay a life for a life; to pay with one's life

Synonyms

• 填命 (tiánmìng)

Derived terms

• 打死人不償命／打死人不偿命
• 殺人償命／杀人偿命
• 殺人償命，欠債還錢／杀人偿命，欠债还钱 (shārén chángmìng, qiànzhài huánqián)