致命

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	life; fate
trad. (致命)		致	命
simp. #(致命)		致	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-miang
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tì-bēng / tì-miā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di³ mian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhminq
    • Palladius: чжимин (čžimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ ming⁶
    • Yale: ji mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-bēng / tì-miā
    • Tâi-lô: tì-bīng / tì-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: die'beng, diemia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/, /ti²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/, /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/, /ti²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/, /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/, /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di³ mian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì miāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mĩã¹¹/

Verb

致命

1. to cause death
2. to sacrifice one's life
3. (literary) to dispatch orders

Synonyms

• (to cause death): 要命 (yàomìng)
• (to dispatch orders):

• 傳令／传令 (chuánlìng) (formal)
• 傳命／传命 (chuánmìng) (literary)
• 將命／将命 (jiāngmìng) (literary)

 

Adjective

致命

1. fatal; deadly; lethal; mortal

   路上坑坑窪窪的，騎車的人一不小心就有致命危險。 [MSC, trad.]
   路上坑坑洼洼的，骑车的人一不小心就有致命危险。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn. [Pinyin]

   Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.

Derived terms

• 致命傷／致命伤 (zhìmìngshāng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
致	命
ち Grade: S	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 致命 (MC trijH mjaengH, “fatal, mortal; to sacrifice one's life”), literally “to deliver” + “life”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちめー [chìméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕime̞ː]

Noun

致(ち)命(めい) • (chimei) 

1. a sacrifice of one's life
2. loss of life

   Synonym: 致死 (chishi)

3. something fatal, deadly, mortal, lethal

   Synonym: 致死 (chishi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 致(ち)命(めい)傷(しょう) (chimeishō): a mortal wound
• 致(ち)命(めい)症(しょう) (chimeishō): a fatal disease
• 致(ち)命(めい)的(てき) (chimeiteki): (adjective) fatal, deadly

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
致	命

Adjective

致命

1. chữ Hán form of trí mạng (“causing a death”).