人命

Chinese

		man; person; people	life; fate
simp. and trad. (人命)		人	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ meng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-miang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-miā / jîn-bēng / lîn-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénmìng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ming⁴
    • Yale: rén-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renminq
    • Palladius: жэньмин (žɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ meng⁶
    • Yale: yàhn mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-miā
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langmia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ miã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinbeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linbeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

人命

1. human life

Synonyms

• (Wu) 人性命

Derived terms

• 人命危淺／人命危浅 (rénmìngwēiqiǎn)
• 人命關天／人命关天 (rénmìngguāntiān)
• 出人命 (chūrénmìng)
• 攤了人命／摊了人命
• 草菅人命 (cǎojiānrénmìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	命
じん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんめー [jìńméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmːe̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)命(めい) • (jinmei) 

1. life