性命

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	life; fate
simp. and trad. (性命)		性	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ming⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-miang
Min Nan (POJ): sìⁿ-miā / sèⁿ-miā / sèng-bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìngmìng → xìngming (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.minq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ miŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ ming⁶
  - Yale: sing mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ming⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ miang⁴
  - IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sìnn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviemia
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sènn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sveamia
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-bēng
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangbeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/

Noun

性命

life; survival
性命交關 / 性命交关 ― xìngmìng jiāoguān ― vitally important (lit. related to life)

性命圭旨 ― xìngmìng guīzhǐ ― (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

活命 (huómìng)
生命 (shēngmìng)

Derived terms

壞了性命／坏了性命
性命之交
性命之憂／性命之忧
性命交關／性命交关 (xìngmìngjiāoguān)

性命攸關／性命攸关 (xìngmìngyōuguān)
潑性命／泼性命
身家性命 (shēnjiā xìngmìng)

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