死命

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	life; fate
trad. (死命)		死	命
simp. #(死命)		死	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² ming⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sí-miang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xi³ miang⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): sī-miâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhmìng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-ming⁴
    • Yale: sž-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyminq
    • Palladius: сымин (symin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² ming⁶
    • Yale: séi mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi³ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ miaŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sī-miâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³⁻⁵⁵ miɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sí-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: symia
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/

Adverb

死命

1. (literary, Cantonese, Hakka) as if one's life depended on it; desperately

Synonyms

• (literary, Hakka) 盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng)

Noun

死命

1. (literary) fate of death; death sentence