大命

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	life; fate
simp. and trad. (大命)		大	命
anagram		命大

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmìng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: dà-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahminq
    • Palladius: дамин (damin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/

Noun

大命

1. (literary) the Mandate of Heaven
2. (historical) imperial order
3. (literary) lifeblood; lifeline

Synonyms

• (the Mandate of Heaven): (literary) 景命 (jǐngmìng), 天命 (tiānmìng)
• (imperial order):

• 上諭／上谕 (shàngyù)
• 制誥／制诰 (zhìgào)
• 敕令 (chìlìng)
• 敕命 (chìmìng)
• 敕書／敕书 (chìshū)
• 旨意 (zhǐyì)
• 欽命／钦命 (qīnmìng)
• 聖旨／圣旨 (shèngzhǐ)
• 詔令／诏令 (zhàolìng)
• 詔旨／诏旨 (zhàozhǐ)
• 詔書／诏书 (zhàoshū)

 

• (lifeblood):

• 命根 (mìnggēn)
• 命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
• 命脈／命脉 (mìngmài)
• 性命根 (Hokkien)
• 生命線／生命线 (shēngmìngxiàn)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ meng⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ meng⁶
    • Yale: daaih mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ méng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² mɛːŋ²²/

Adjective

大命

1. (Cantonese) lucky (to escape, not get hurt, etc.)

Synonyms

• 命大 (mìngdà)

Pronunciation 3

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-miā
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ miã³³/

Noun

大命

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