命脈

Chinese

		life; fate	mountain range; pulse
trad. (命脈)		命	脈
simp. (命脉)		命	脉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìngmài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁶ mak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): miā-be̍h / miā-me̍h / bēng-me̍h / bēng-me̍eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìngmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìngmài
    • Wade–Giles: ming⁴-mai⁴
    • Yale: mìng-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqmay
    • Palladius: минмай (minmaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁶ mak⁶
    • Yale: mihng mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁶ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁶ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²² mɐk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-be̍h
    • Tâi-lô: miā-be̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaxbeh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /miã⁴¹⁻²² beʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: miā-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaxmeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã³³⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã³³⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bīng-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexngmeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-me̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: bīng-me̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/

Noun

命脈

1. lifeblood; lifeline

Synonyms

• 命根 (mìnggēn)
• 命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
• 大命 (dàmìng) (literary)
• 性命根 (Hokkien)
• 生命線／生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)