玩命

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	life; fate
simp. and trad. (玩命)		玩	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánmìng
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-ming⁴
    • Yale: wán-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanminq
    • Palladius: ваньмин (vanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (玩兒命／玩儿命)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánrmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánrmìng
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-ʼrh-ming⁴
    • Yale: wánr-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walminq
    • Palladius: ваньрмин (vanʹrmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Verb

玩命

1. to risk one's life
2. to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to risk one's life): 拚命 (pànmìng), 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• (to go to great lengths):

• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 掙命／挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 破命 (Northern Min)