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掙命
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Verb
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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to earn; to make (money); struggle
life; fate
trad.
(
掙命
)
掙
命
simp.
(
挣命
)
挣
命
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
zhèngmìng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zhèngmìng
Zhuyin
:
ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jhèngmìng
Wade–Giles
:
chêng
4
-ming
4
Yale
:
jèng-mìng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jenqminq
Palladius
:
чжэнмин
(čžɛnmin)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Homophones
:
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正命
掙命
/
挣命
Verb
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掙命
to
struggle
for
survival
(
colloquial
)
to
go to great lengths
to
accomplish
something as if one's life depended on it
Synonyms
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(
to go to great lengths
)
:
亡命
(
wángmìng
)
拚命
(
pànmìng
)
拼命
(
pīnmìng
)
搏命
(
bómìng
)
死拼
(
sǐpīn
)
玩命
(
wánmìng
)
破命
(
Northern Min
)