壽命

See also: 寿命

Chinese

		(long) life	life; fate
trad. (壽命)		壽	命
simp. (寿命)		寿	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòumìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòumìng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: shòu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showminq
    • Palladius: шоумин (šoumin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 受命 壽命／寿命 授命

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: sauh mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mɪŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 壽命／寿命 授命

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-miā
    • Tâi-lô: siū-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

壽命

1. life; lifespan
2. product life; service life

Derived terms

• 平均壽命／平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng)
• 預期壽命／预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壽	命
じゅ Jinmeiyō	みょう Grade: 3
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 壽命 – see the following entry.

【寿命じゅみょう】 [noun] age (whole duration of a being), lifespan [noun] being at the end of one's lifespan

(This term, 壽命, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命 • (sumyeong) (hangeul 수명)

1. Hanja form^? of 수명 (“lifespan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
壽	命

Noun

壽命

1. chữ Hán form of thọ mệnh (“lifespan”).