存亡

Chinese

		exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive	to die; to perish
simp. and trad. (存亡)		存	亡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cúnwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ mong⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chûn-bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cúnwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswenwang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cúnwáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwən³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ mong⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn-bông
    • Tâi-lô: tsûn-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zunboong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun¹³⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/

Verb

存亡

1. to live or die

Noun

存亡

1. life or death

Derived terms

• 危急存亡之秋 (wēijícúnwángzhīqiū)
• 存亡未卜
• 存亡絕續／存亡绝续
• 存亡繼絕／存亡继绝
• 死生存亡

• 治亂存亡／治乱存亡
• 生死存亡 (shēngsǐcúnwáng)
• 繼絕存亡／继绝存亡
• 興廢存亡／兴废存亡
• 進退存亡／进退存亡

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (存亡):

• → Japanese: 存(そん)亡(ぼう) (sonbō)
• → Korean: 존망 (存亡, jonmang)
• → Vietnamese: tồn vong (存亡)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
存	亡
そん Grade: 6	ぼう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 存亡

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) そんぼー [sòńbóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞mbo̞ː]

Noun

存(そん)亡(ぼう) • (sonbō) ^{←そんばう (sonbau)?}

1. life or death
   • 2017 July 14, “破(は)滅(めつ)の刻(とき) [Hour of Devastation]”, in 破滅の刻 [Hour of Devastation], Wizards of the Coast:

     「ここでは一(いっ)切(さい)の存(そん)亡(ぼう)は我(われ)の手(て)の上(うえ)よ。おぬしらゲートウォッチもな。」

     “Koko de wa issai no sonbō wa ware no te no ue yo. Onushira Gētowotchi mo na.”

     “Everything here exists or perishes at my whim. Including you, Gatewatch.”

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Korean

Hanja in this term
存	亡

Noun

存亡 • (jonmang) (hangeul 존망)

1. Hanja form^? of 존망 (“life or death”).