運命

See also: 命運 and 运命

Chinese

	to move; to transport; to use to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	life; fate
trad. (運命)	運	命
simp. (运命)	运	命
anagram	命運／命运

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùnmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ ming⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yun-miang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūn-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùnmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùnmìng
  - Wade–Giles: yün⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: yùn-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunnminq
  - Palladius: юньмин (junʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁶ ming⁶
  - Yale: wahn mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ ming⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² mɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-miā
  - Tâi-lô: ūn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxnmia
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /un³³⁻²¹ miã³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /un³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/

Noun

運命

(literary or Hakka, Southern Min) fate; destiny
- 浪子的運命親像鼎底螞蟻的心理。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  浪子的运命亲像鼎底蚂蚁的心理。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 葉啟田, 浪子的心情
  Lōng-chú ê ūn-miā chhin-chhiūⁿ tiáⁿ-té káu-hiā ê sim-lí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The fate of a loafer is like the mentality of ants in a pot.

Synonyms

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命數 / 命数 (mìngshù)
命水 (meng⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
命途 (Hokkien)
命運 / 命运 (mìngyùn)
字運 / 字运 (cê-ông) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
定數 / 定数 (dìngshù)
宿命 (sùmìng) (Buddhism)
氣數 / 气数 (qìshù) (literary)
氣運 / 气运 (qìyùn) (literary or Southern Min)
造物 (zàowù) (obsolete)
運氣 / 运气
運途 / 运途 (Hokkien)
運道 / 运道 (yùndào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (運命):

→ Japanese: 運命(うんめい) (unmei)
→ Korean: 운명(運命) (unmyeong)
→ Vietnamese: vận mệnh (運命)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

運命

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
運	命
うん Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うんめー [úꜜǹmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃mːe̞ː]

Noun

運(うん)命(めい) • (unmei)

fate; destiny

Derived terms

運命愛(うんめいあい) (unmeiai)
運命劇(うんめいげき) (unmeigeki)
運命線(うんめいせん) (unmeisen)
運命付(うんめいづ)ける (unmeizukeru)
運命的(うんめいてき) (unmeiteki)
運命論(うんめいろん) (unmeiron)
運命(うんめい)の赤(あか)い糸(いと) (unmei no akai ito): the "red thread of fate"

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
運	命
さだめ
Grade: 3	Grade: 3
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 運命 – see the following entry.

【定さだめ】

[noun] law, regulations, customs, that which has been decided and is widely held

[noun] destiny, fate, predestination, the future which has already been decided

[noun] decision, judgment

(This term, 運命, is an alternative spelling (poetic) of the above term.)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
運	命

Noun

運命 • (unmyeong) (hangeul 운명)

hanja form^? of 운명 (“fate, destiny”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
運	命

Noun

運命

chữ Hán form of vận mệnh (“fate; destiny”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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