要命
Chinese
editimportant; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce |
life; fate | ||
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trad. (要命) | 要 | 命 | |
simp. #(要命) | 要 | 命 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yāomīn
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu3 meng6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-bēng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yàomìng
- Wade–Giles: yao4-ming4
- Yale: yàu-mìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawminq
- Palladius: яомин (jaomin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: yāomīn
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yao4 min4
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɔ⁴⁴ mĩ⁴⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jiu3 meng6
- Yale: yiu mehng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu3 meng6
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu3 méng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
edit要命
Synonyms
edit- 致命 (zhìmìng)
Adjective
edit要命
Usage notes
edit- When 要命 is used to mean "extreme", it is usually used as a complement after an adjective and 得 (de). When used in this construction, it can be translated as "extremely", "awfully" or "terribly".
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