奔命

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	life; fate
simp. and trad. (奔命)		奔	命

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pun-bēng / phun-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benmìng
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: bēn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benminq
    • Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: bān mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: pun-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punbeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: phun-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunbeng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/

Verb

奔命

1. to rush about; to be kept busy
2. (literary) to issue an emergency order

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bènmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pun-bēng / phun-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bènmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènmìng
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: bèn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennminq
    • Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: bān mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: pun-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punbeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: phun-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunbeng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/

Verb

奔命

1. to run quickly
2. to be in a rush (to do something)