活命

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	life; fate
simp. and trad. (活命)		活	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huómìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-miang
• Eastern Min (BUC): uăk-miâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huómìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huómìng
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-ming⁴
    • Yale: hwó-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwominq
    • Palladius: хомин (xomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: wuht mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uăk-miâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁵⁻²¹ miɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-miā
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqmia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ miã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ miã³³/

Note: “life”.

Verb

活命

1. to eke out an existence; to scrape a living
2. to save a life; to rescue someone

Synonyms

• (to eke out an existence):

• 度日 (dùrì)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 過日／过日 (Hokkien)
• 過日子／过日子 (guò rìzi)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)

 

• (to save a life): 救命 (jiùmìng)

Noun

活命

1. life; survival

Synonyms

• 一口氣／一口气 (yīkǒuqì) (figurative)
• 命仔 (meng⁶ zai²) (Cantonese)
• 性命 (xìngmìng)
• 生命 (shēngmìng)