亡命

Chinese
to die; to perish life; fate
trad. (亡命) 亡 命
simp. #(亡命) 亡 命

Pronunciation

Verb

亡命

  1. to flee; to escape; to be forced into exile
  2. to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it
    亡命飛車／亡命飞车  ―  wángmìng fēichē  ―  to drive fast with no regard to passengers' safety

Synonyms
  • (to flee):
  • (to go to great lengths):

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
亡 命
ぼう
Grade: 6		 めい
Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

亡(ぼう)命(めい) • (bōmei) ←ばうめい (baumei)?

  1. exile
    チベットの亡(ぼう)命(めい)政(せい)府(ふ)はインドにあります。
    Chibetto no bōmei seifu wa Indo ni arimasu.
    The government in exile of Tibet is in India.
    • 1944, Svante Arrhenius, translated by Torahiko Terada, Uchū no hajimari [Origin of the universe]‎:
      ソクラテスは亡(ぼう)命(めい)を恥(はじ)としたために毒(どく)杯(はい)を飲(の)み干(ほ)さなければならなかった。
      Sokuratesu wa bōmei o haji to shita tame ni dokuhai o nomihosanakereba naranakatta.
      Socrates had to drink a poisoned chalice up because he scorned exiling.
  2. defection
  3. asylum

Verb

亡(ぼう)命(めい)する • (bōmei suru) ←ばうめい (baumei)?intransitive suru (stem 亡(ぼう)命(めい)し (bōmei shi), past 亡(ぼう)命(めい)した (bōmei shita))

  1. to go into exile
  2. to defect

Conjugation
Conjugation of "亡命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 亡命し ぼうめいし bōmei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 亡命し ぼうめいし bōmei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 亡命する ぼうめいする bōmei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 亡命する ぼうめいする bōmei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 亡命すれ ぼうめいすれ bōmei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 亡命せよ¹
亡命しろ²		 ぼうめいせよ¹
ぼうめいしろ²		 bōmei seyo¹
bōmei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 亡命される ぼうめいされる bōmei sareru
Causative 亡命させる
亡命さす		 ぼうめいさせる
ぼうめいさす		 bōmei saseru
bōmei sasu
Potential 亡命できる ぼうめいできる bōmei dekiru
Volitional 亡命しよう ぼうめいしよう bōmei shiyō
Negative 亡命しない ぼうめいしない bōmei shinai
Negative continuative 亡命せず ぼうめいせず bōmei sezu
Formal 亡命します ぼうめいします bōmei shimasu
Perfective 亡命した ぼうめいした bōmei shita
Conjunctive 亡命して ぼうめいして bōmei shite
Hypothetical conditional 亡命すれば ぼうめいすれば bōmei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
亡命

Noun

亡命 • (mangmyeong) (hangeul 망명)

  1. Hanja form? of 망명 (“asylum; exile”).
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