老命

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	life; fate
simp. and trad. (老命)		老	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ meng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-miang
Min Nan (POJ): lāu-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laominq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ meng⁶
  - Yale: lóuh mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-miā
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

老命

life of an elderly person; this frail life (of mine)
(humorous) the fragile life of someone (in a dangerous situation)

Derived terms

拼老命

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