特命

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	life; fate
trad. (特命)		特	命
simp. #(特命)		特	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: tè-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehminq
    • Palladius: тэмин (tɛmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: dahk mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degbeng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ³³/

Verb

特命

1. to appoint or dictate specially

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	命
とく Grade: 4	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟me̞ː]
• (Tokyo) とくめー [tòkúméé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

特(とく)命(めい) • (tokumei) 

1. mission

References

• “特命”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
特	命

Adjective

特命

1. chữ Hán form of đặc mệnh (“assigned to a particular (or extraordinary) diplomatic mission”)