亡命

Chinese

		to die; to perish	life; fate
trad. (亡命)		亡	命
simp. #(亡命)		亡	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông-bēng / bông-miā
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uan² min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángmìng
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-ming⁴
    • Yale: wáng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangminq
    • Palladius: ванмин (vanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Yale: mòhng mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: bông-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongbeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-miā
    • Tâi-lô: bông-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongmia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: uan² min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯an¹³ min²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

亡命

1. to flee; to escape; to be forced into exile
2. to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

   亡命飛車／亡命飞车  ―  wángmìng fēichē  ―  to drive fast with no regard to passengers' safety

Synonyms

• (to flee):

• 出亡 (chūwáng) (literary)
• 出奔 (chūbēn)
• 散亡 (sànwáng)
• 流亡 (liúwáng)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 走反 (Hokkien, from war)
• 逃亡 (táowáng)
• 逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine)
• 逃難／逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster)
• 逋逃 (būtáo) (literary)
• 避難／避难 (bìnàn)

 

• (to go to great lengths):

• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 掙命／挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)

 

Derived terms

• 亡命之徒 (wángmìngzhītú)
• 亡命徒 (wángmìngtú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亡	命
ぼう Grade: 6	めい Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーめー [bòóméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

亡(ぼう)命(めい) • (bōmei) ^{←ばうめい (baumei)?}

1. exile

   チベットの亡(ぼう)命(めい)政(せい)府(ふ)はインドにあります。

   Chibetto no bōmei seifu wa Indo ni arimasu.

   The government in exile of Tibet is in India.

   • 1944, Svante Arrhenius, translated by Torahiko Terada, Uchū no hajimari [Origin of the universe]‎^[1]:

     ソクラテスは亡(ぼう)命(めい)を恥(はじ)としたために毒(どく)杯(はい)を飲(の)み干(ほ)さなければならなかった。

     Sokuratesu wa bōmei o haji to shita tame ni dokuhai o nomihosanakereba naranakatta.

     Socrates had to drink a poisoned chalice up because he scorned exiling.

2. defection
3. asylum

Verb

亡(ぼう)命(めい)する • (bōmei suru) ^{←ばうめい (baumei)?}intransitive suru (stem 亡(ぼう)命(めい)し (bōmei shi), past 亡(ぼう)命(めい)した (bōmei shita))

1. to go into exile
2. to defect

Conjugation

Conjugation of "亡命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	亡命し	ぼうめいし	bōmei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	亡命し	ぼうめいし	bōmei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	亡命する	ぼうめいする	bōmei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	亡命する	ぼうめいする	bōmei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	亡命すれ	ぼうめいすれ	bōmei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	亡命せよ¹ 亡命しろ²	ぼうめいせよ¹ ぼうめいしろ²	bōmei seyo¹ bōmei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	亡命される	ぼうめいされる	bōmei sareru
Causative	亡命させる 亡命さす	ぼうめいさせる ぼうめいさす	bōmei saseru bōmei sasu
Potential	亡命できる	ぼうめいできる	bōmei dekiru
Volitional	亡命しよう	ぼうめいしよう	bōmei shiyō
Negative	亡命しない	ぼうめいしない	bōmei shinai
Negative continuative	亡命せず	ぼうめいせず	bōmei sezu
Formal	亡命します	ぼうめいします	bōmei shimasu
Perfective	亡命した	ぼうめいした	bōmei shita
Conjunctive	亡命して	ぼうめいして	bōmei shite
Hypothetical conditional	亡命すれば	ぼうめいすれば	bōmei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
亡	命

Noun

亡命 • (mangmyeong) (hangeul 망명)

1. hanja form^? of 망명 (“asylum; exile”)