知命

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	life; fate
simp. and trad. (知命)		知	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyminq
    • Palladius: чжимин (čžimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: jī mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 知命

1. (idiomatic) age of fifty

Verb

知命

1. to understand the Decree of Heaven; to know destiny