性命

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Chinese

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sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity life; fate
simp. and trad.
(性命)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (4)
Final () (121) (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sjengH mjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇŋH/ /mˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛŋH/ /mᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/siæŋH/ /miaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siajŋH/ /miajŋH/
Li
Rong
/siɛŋH/ /miɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛŋH/ /mĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛŋH/ /mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xìng mìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing3 ming6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xìng mìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjengH › ‹ mjængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*seŋ-s/ /*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
English nature command (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11358 8275
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sleŋs/ /*mreŋs/
Notes

Noun

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性命

  1. life; survival
    性命交關性命交关  ―  xìngmìng jiāoguān  ―  vitally important (lit. related to life)
    性命圭旨  ―  xìngmìng guīzhǐ  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (性命):

References

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