聽天委命

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	day; sky; heaven
trad. (聽天委命)		聽	天	委命
simp. (听天委命)		听	天	委命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngtiānwěimìng, tìngtiānwěimìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngtiānwěimìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingtianwěimìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-tʻien¹-wei³-ming⁴
    • Yale: tīng-tyān-wěi-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingtianwoeiminq
    • Palladius: тинтяньвэймин (tintjanʹvɛjmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìngtiānwěimìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìngtianwěimìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴-tʻien¹-wei³-ming⁴
    • Yale: tìng-tyān-wěi-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqtianwoeiminq
    • Palladius: тинтяньвэймин (tintjanʹvɛjmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

聽天委命

1. Synonym of 聽天由命／听天由命 (tīngtiānyóumìng, “to resign oneself to fate; to be reconciled to one's lot”)