待命

Chinese

		wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	life; fate
trad. (待命)		待	命
simp. #(待命)		待	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàimìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thǎi-bēng / thāi-bēng / tāi-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàimìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàimìng
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: dài-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayminq
    • Palladius: даймин (dajmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: doih mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǎi-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: thǎi-bīng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thāi-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: thāi-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taixbeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/

Verb

待命

1. to await orders; to be on call