身命

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	life; fate
trad. (身命)		身	命
simp. #(身命)		身	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenmìng
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: shēn-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenminq
    • Palladius: шэньмин (šɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sin-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ miã³³/

Noun

身命

1. (obsolete) Synonym of 身家性命 (shēnjiā xìngmìng)
2. (Southern Min) state of health; physique; constitution

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
身	命
しん Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんめー [shìńméé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) し​んめー [shíꜜǹmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmːe̞ː]

Noun

身(しん)命(めい) • (shinmei) 

1. body and life, one's life

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
身	命
しん Grade: 3	みょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんみょー [shìńmyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmʲːo̞ː]

Noun

身(しん)命(みょう) • (shinmyō) ^{←しんみやう (sinmyau)?}

1. body and life, one's life