命數

Chinese

		life; fate	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (命數)		命	數
simp. (命数)		命	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìngshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): miā-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìngshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìngshù
    • Wade–Giles: ming⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: mìng-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqshuh
    • Palladius: миншу (minšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miā-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: miā-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaxsox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /miã²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /miã⁴¹⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /miã²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã³³⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã³³⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/

Noun

命數

1. fate (of a person, country, business, etc.); destiny; kismet; lot

Synonyms

• 命水 (meng⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
• 命途 (Hokkien)
• 命運／命运 (mìngyùn)
• 字運／字运 (cê-ông) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
• 定數／定数 (dìngshù)
• 宿命 (sùmìng) (Buddhism)
• 氣數／气数 (qìshù) (literary)
• 氣運／气运 (qìyùn) (literary or Southern Min)
• 造物 (zàowù) (obsolete)
• 運命／运命 (Hokkien, literary or Hakka)
• 運氣／运气
• 運途／运途 (Hokkien)
• 運道／运道 (yùndào)