送命

Chinese

		to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	life; fate
trad. (送命)		送	命
simp. #(送命)		送	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sòngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung³ ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòng-bēng / sàng-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sòngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sòngmìng
    • Wade–Giles: sung⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: sùng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqminq
    • Palladius: сунмин (sunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung³ ming⁶
    • Yale: sung mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung³ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³³ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: sòng-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorngbeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-miā
    • Tâi-lô: sàng-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarngmia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/

Verb

送命

1. to lose one's life; to get killed; to go to one's doom; to make present of one's life, as when courting danger

Derived terms

• 送命題／送命题 (sòngmìngtí)