使命

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	life; fate
simp. and trad. (使命)		使	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu² men⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-min
• Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-miâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sír-bēng / sú-bēng / sù-bēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai² mêng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhmìng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-ming⁴
    • Yale: shř-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyminq
    • Palladius: шимин (šimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶
    • Yale: si mihng / síh mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ ming⁶ / si⁵ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ming⁶ / xi⁵ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ mɪŋ²²/, /siː¹³ mɪŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhu² men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu⁵⁵ ᵐben³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ min⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-miâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sír-bīng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sú-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'beng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'beng
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai² mêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái mĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ³⁵/

Noun

使命

1. (diplomatic, figuratively) mission; set task; assignment

   歷史使命／历史使命  ―  lìshǐ shǐmìng  ―  historical mission

Usage notes

Generally, 任務／任务 (rènwù) refers to an ordinary task, while 使命 (shǐmìng) refers to a task of some importance.

Derived terms

• 不辱使命 (bùrǔshǐmìng)
• 使命感 (shǐmìnggǎn)
• 大使命 (Dà Shǐmìng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (使命):

• → Japanese: 使(し)命(めい) (shimei)
• → Korean: 사명(使命) (samyeong)
• → Vietnamese: sứ mệnh (使命)

See also

• 任務／任务 (rènwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	命
し Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しめー [shíꜜmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕime̞ː]

Noun

使(し)命(めい) • (shimei) 

1. mission, errand, message

Derived terms

• 使命感(しめいかん) (shimeikan): sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
• 使命者(しめいしゃ) (shimeisha): messenger
• 使命(しめい)を果(は)たす (shimei o hatasu): carry out a mission
• 使命(しめい)を帯(お)びる (shimei o obiru): be charged with a mission

Korean

Hanja in this term
使	命

Noun

使命 • (samyeong) (hangeul 사명)

1. hanja form^? of 사명 (“vocation; mission”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使	命

Noun

使命

1. chữ Hán form of sứ mệnh (“mission; assignment”).