賣命

See also: 卖命

Chinese

		sell	life; fate
trad. (賣命)		賣	命
simp. (卖命)		卖	命
Literally: “to sell one's life”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màimìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ meng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-miā / bē-miā / māi-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màimìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màimìng
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: mài-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayminq
    • Palladius: маймин (majmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màimìngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màimìngr
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ming⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: mài-mìngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maymienql
    • Palladius: майминр (majminr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ meng⁶
    • Yale: maaih mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² mɛːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-miā
    • Tâi-lô: buē-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexmia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-miā
    • Tâi-lô: bē-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexmia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: māi-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

賣命

1. to work one's fingers to the bone for; to pour in one's utmost effort

Derived terms

• 典身賣命／典身卖命