性命

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-miang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ-miā / sèⁿ-miā / sèng-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngmìng → xìngming (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngmi̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-ming⁵
    • Yale: syìng-ming
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.minq
    • Palladius: синмин (sinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ miŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ ming⁶
    • Yale: sing mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sìnn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviemia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sènn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveamia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangbeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

• 活命 (huómìng)
• 生命 (shēngmìng)

Derived terms

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