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

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• 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. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-miā
    • Tâi-lô: ūn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxnmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 運命

1. (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: (deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)

 

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Noun

運(うん)命(めい) • (unmei) 

1. fate; destiny

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
運	命
Grade: 3	Grade: 3
irregular

Noun

運命(さだめ) • (sadame) 

1. (poetic) Alternative spelling of 定め (“fate; destiny”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
運	命

Noun

運命 • (unmyeong) (hangeul 운명)

1. Hanja form^? of 운명 (“fate, destiny”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
運	命

Noun

運命

1. chữ Hán form of vận mệnh (“destiny”).